Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 86
मां दृष्ट्वाऽयं मृगो याति तं मृगी याति पृष्ठतः । धावमाना ममाप्येवमनुयाति पुरा प्रिया
māṃ dṛṣṭvā'yaṃ mṛgo yāti taṃ mṛgī yāti pṛṣṭhataḥ | dhāvamānā mamāpyevamanuyāti purā priyā
حين يراني هذا الأيلُ يفرُّ عدْوًا، وتتبعه الأيْلةُ من خلفه؛ وهكذا كانت حبيبتي قديمًا تركضُ في أثري.
Narrated in Sūta’s discourse (a lamenting man within the story-episode)
Scene: A stag darts forward through a forest path; a doe follows closely, head lowered in trust. In the foreground, the narrator watches, struck by memory of his beloved’s former devotion.
FAQs
The world becomes a mirror of one’s inner state; remembrance can bind the mind, so dharma encourages channeling memory into devotion rather than despair.
This verse is part of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative flow; it supports the atmosphere of the sacred setting but does not itself identify a named tīrtha.
None; it is descriptive narrative using forest imagery.