Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13
दुःखेन मृत्युमापन्नस्तस्मिन्नेव जलाशये । अथ सा भर्तृशोकाच्च मरणे कृतनिश्चया
duḥkhena mṛtyumāpannastasminneva jalāśaye | atha sā bhartṛśokācca maraṇe kṛtaniścayā
他被悲苦所压，竟在那同一水池中殒命。随后她因丧夫之痛而心碎，决意亦随之赴死。
Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller)
Tirtha: Arbuda jalāśaya/niḥjhara-tīrtha
Type: kund
Listener: King
Scene: The man dies in the pool, overcome by sorrow; the wife, devastated, resolves to die too—an intense tableau of grief beside sacred waters, with the landscape silent and heavy.
FAQs
The verse highlights the intensity of spousal devotion while setting the stage for sages to clarify dharma beyond grief-driven action.
The jalāśaya (sacred pool) associated with the Arbuda Khaṇḍa tīrtha narrative.
No direct prescription; the narrative context remains centered on the sacred waters and ensuing moral decision.