Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55
तस्मादहं प्रयास्यामि यत्र नाम न ते विधे । श्रूयते कामलुब्धस्य ह्रिया परिहृतस्य च
tasmādahaṃ prayāsyāmi yatra nāma na te vidhe | śrūyate kāmalubdhasya hriyā parihṛtasya ca
অতএব আমি চলে যাব—যেখানে, হে বিধে, তোমার নামও শোনা যায় না; কারণ বলা হয়, কামলোলুপ ব্যক্তিকে লজ্জা ত্যাগ করে, সে লজ্জাবর্জিত হয়ে পড়ে।
Unspecified (likely the lamenting female speaker addressing ‘Vidhe’)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A departure scene at dawn: the woman (or speaker) walks away with a small bundle, looking back once; behind her, the man stands amid fading shadows labeled ‘kāma’; a subtle feminine aura (Hrī-devī) withdraws from him like a departing light.
FAQs
When shame and conscience depart, relationships and merit collapse; separation becomes a dharmic response to persistent adharma.
No particular tīrtha is identified; the verse expresses a resolve to go elsewhere within a pilgrimage-themed textual setting.
None; it is a narrative decision framed as a moral consequence.