Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 123
यदि राम विनास्माभिर्गच्छेस्त्वं पुरुषर्षभ । सर्वे खलु हताः स्याम दण्डेन महता नृप
yadi rāma vināsmābhirgacchestvaṃ puruṣarṣabha | sarve khalu hatāḥ syāma daṇḍena mahatā nṛpa
“اگر اے رام، اے مردوں میں برتر، آپ ہمارے بغیر چلے گئے، تو اے نریپ! ہم سب یقیناً ایسے ہوں گے گویا ہمیں سخت ترین سزا سے مار ڈالا گیا ہو۔”
Vānara-yūthapāḥ (speaking to Rāma)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Vānara leaders, distressed yet steadfast, plead before Rāma: if he departs without them, they would be as if struck down by a great punishment—faces wet with tears, hands raised in supplication.
FAQs
Separation from the righteous Lord is portrayed as spiritual devastation; companionship with dharma is life-giving.
Ayodhyā as the locus of Rāma’s presence—where leaving him feels like losing life itself.
None; the verse expresses bhāva (devotional feeling) and the gravity of separation.