Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 40
गिरिराज उवाच । अहमेव गमिष्यामि तस्या मेने गवेषणे । नितरां बाधते प्रेम तददृष्ट्यग्निदूषितम्
girirāja uvāca | ahameva gamiṣyāmi tasyā mene gaveṣaṇe | nitarāṃ bādhate prema tadadṛṣṭyagnidūṣitam
গিরিরাজ বললেন—হে মেনা, আমি নিজেই তার অনুসন্ধানে যাব। তার দর্শন না-পাওয়ার অগ্নিতে দগ্ধ প্রেম আমাকে অত্যন্ত কষ্ট দিচ্ছে।
Giri-rāja (Himālaya)
Listener: Menā
Scene: Girirāja declares to Menā that he will personally go to search; his love burns from not seeing (adṛṣṭi) like fire, showing both grief and heroic resolve.
FAQs
Separation intensifies love into a transformative force; dharmic responsibility expresses itself as decisive action to seek and protect.
No specific tīrtha is directly named in this verse.
None; the verse emphasizes resolve (saṅkalpa) and action (going to search).