Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
अथ तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा सुनंदा चारुहासिनी । गतप्राणा नृपश्रेष्ठ पतिप्राणा महासती
atha tasya vacaḥ śrutvā sunaṃdā cāruhāsinī | gataprāṇā nṛpaśreṣṭha patiprāṇā mahāsatī
اس کی بات سن کر سُنندا—شیریں تبسم کے ساتھ—جان سے گزر گئی، اے بہترین بادشاہ! وہ مہا ستی جس کی سانسوں کا سہارا ہی اس کا پتی تھا۔
Pulastya (continuing narration; addressing listener as nṛpaśreṣṭha)
Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Addressed to 'nṛpaśreṣṭha' (best of kings)
Scene: Sunandā, gentle-smiling, hears the fatal news; her face serene, eyes soft; attendants freeze in horror as her life departs—pativratā whose breath is her husband.
FAQs
The verse dramatizes the power of attachment and the gravity of speech—falsehood can become lethal and karmically binding.
None is named in this verse; it is part of the narrative that motivates later tīrtha-based purification.
None.