Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30
हारीतोऽपि चिरं वीक्ष्य तन्मार्गं चाकृताशनः । ततः स चिंतयामास कस्मात्सा चात्र नागता
hārīto'pi ciraṃ vīkṣya tanmārgaṃ cākṛtāśanaḥ | tataḥ sa ciṃtayāmāsa kasmātsā cātra nāgatā
وهارِيتا أيضًا ظلّ طويلًا يرقب ذلك الطريق من غير أن يذوق طعامًا، ثم أخذ يفكّر: «لِمَ لم تأتِ إلى هنا؟»
Narrator (within Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya frame; exact speaker not in snippet)
Scene: Hārīta stands by a road at dusk, eyes fixed on the distance, untouched food beside him; his posture shows worry and steadfastness.
FAQs
Attachment produces anxiety and restless waiting; the Mahātmya narratives often expose this to redirect the mind toward dharma.
The larger chapter context points to Candrakūpikā and Kāmeśvara; this verse is part of the story leading into that tīrtha’s significance.
None explicitly; the verse describes fasting-like neglect of food due to mental agitation, not a prescribed vrata.