Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
पुष्पोऽपि चाब्रवीद्भार्यां माहिकाख्यां ततः परम् । माहिकेद्य मया दृष्टः स्वतातः स्वपुरः स्थितः
puṣpo'pi cābravīdbhāryāṃ māhikākhyāṃ tataḥ param | māhikedya mayā dṛṣṭaḥ svatātaḥ svapuraḥ sthitaḥ
তাৰ পাছত পুষ্পই মাহিকা নামৰ নিজৰ পত্নীক ক’লে— “মাহিকে, আজি মই মোৰ নিজৰ পিতৃক তেওঁৰ নিজৰ নগৰত থিয় হৈ থকা দেখিলোঁ।”
Narrator (reporting Puṣpa’s speech)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Puṣpa speaks privately to his wife Māhikā, describing a startling sight: his own father standing in his own city. The scene is intimate—two figures in a domestic chamber, with a faint suggestion of an elder figure or city silhouette as a narrative inset.
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