Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 64
अंबेत्याभाष्य तेनोक्ता मा रोदीस्त्वं यशस्विनि । सर्वं पुराकृतस्यैतत्फलं तव ममापि हि
aṃbetyābhāṣya tenoktā mā rodīstvaṃ yaśasvini | sarvaṃ purākṛtasyaitatphalaṃ tava mamāpi hi
اس نے “امّاں” کہہ کر پکارا اور بولا، “اے صاحبِ نام! تم مت روؤ۔ یہ سب پچھلے کیے ہوئے اعمال کا پھل ہے—تمہارا بھی اور میرا بھی۔”
The child (bāla) addressing the woman (mother-figure)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Aśvattha-vāṭikā)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The child, looking up at Subhadrā, calls her ‘Mother’ and gently instructs her not to weep, explaining that the situation is the fruit of past deeds—hers and his alike.
FAQs
Sorrow is to be understood through karma: present events unfold as results of past actions, and acceptance steadies the mind.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where even personal grief is interpreted within dharma and karmic law in the māhātmya narrative.
None; the verse conveys a doctrinal explanation of karma rather than a rite.