Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43
अहो मे तनयोऽभीष्टः कथमद्य न दृश्यते । कूपांतः पतितः किं नु किं व्यालैर्वा निपातितः
aho me tanayo'bhīṣṭaḥ kathamadya na dṛśyate | kūpāṃtaḥ patitaḥ kiṃ nu kiṃ vyālairvā nipātitaḥ
Ôi than! Con trai yêu dấu của ta—sao hôm nay chẳng thấy đâu? Có phải rơi xuống giếng, hay bị thú dữ đánh gục chăng?
Mṛkaṇḍa
Tirtha: Agnitīrtha region (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Mṛkaṇḍa cries out, scanning a dark well mouth and the surrounding forest; shadows suggest lurking beasts; his face shows terror and love intertwined.
FAQs
Attachment and fear arise from love; Purāṇic dharma guides such anguish toward faith and right action.
The verse is part of the Agnitīrtha-centered narrative stream, though it names no new tīrtha itself.
None; it is a spoken lament (vilāpa) by Mṛkaṇḍa.