Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58
इयं मे सुविशालाक्षी मनःप्राणसमा प्रिया । मृता भूमौ यया हीनो नाहं जीवितुमुत्सहे
iyaṃ me suviśālākṣī manaḥprāṇasamā priyā | mṛtā bhūmau yayā hīno nāhaṃ jīvitumutsahe
هذه حبيبتي ذات العينين الواسعتين، العزيزة عليّ كعقلي ونَفَسي؛ ها هي ميتةٌ على الأرض، وبفقدها لا أجد في نفسي رغبةً في الحياة.
Sūta (as the bereaved husband/lover in the episode)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūta
Scene: A grief-stricken man kneels beside the lifeless body of his wide-eyed beloved lying on the earth; his hands raised in despair, hair disheveled, attendants at a distance, the landscape hinting at a sacred route or grove.
FAQs
Attachment brings intense suffering; Purāṇas channel such suffering toward dharma—proper rites and turning to sacred supports (tīrtha, deity, vow).
Not named in this verse; it is part of a larger tīrtha-centered chapter.
None explicitly; the verse expresses the motivation that precedes ritual decisions.