Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 142
परलोकादिहायातः कथमेवं स्वरूपधृक् । दुर्भाग्यायाः कथं मे स्याद्भर्तुर्नष्टस्य दर्शनम्
paralokādihāyātaḥ kathamevaṃ svarūpadhṛk | durbhāgyāyāḥ kathaṃ me syādbharturnaṣṭasya darśanam
Wie ist er aus der jenseitigen Welt hierher gekommen und trägt doch diese gleiche Gestalt? Wie könnte mir—so Unglücklichen—der Anblick meines verlorenen Gemahls zuteilwerden?
Unspecified woman (lamenting/astonished in first person)
Scene: A woman recoils slightly in disbelief, gaze fixed on a figure resembling her lost husband; the atmosphere is twilight-like, suggesting a threshold between worlds.
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The verse highlights human astonishment before destiny and the mysterious workings of karmic outcome and divine arrangement.
No specific tīrtha is named in this snippet.
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