Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 67
क्व गतासि विशालाक्षि विजनेऽस्मिन्विहाय माम् । नाहं गृहं गमिष्यामि मम दुःखाय निर्दयः
kva gatāsi viśālākṣi vijane'sminvihāya mām | nāhaṃ gṛhaṃ gamiṣyāmi mama duḥkhāya nirdayaḥ
Wohin bist du gegangen, o Weitblickende, und hast mich in dieser Einöde zurückgelassen? Ich werde nicht heimkehren — das grausame Geschick hat es mir nur zur Quelle des Kummers gemacht.
Narrator (addressing his beloved; direct speech within the narrative)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The bereaved calls out to his beloved in an empty forest, arms extended, face turned upward, tears streaming; the emptiness answers with silence.
FAQs
Lamentation reveals the mind’s dependence; the dharmic cure is inner refuge rather than outer clinging.
Not identified in this single verse; it is part of a continuing tīrthamāhātmya storyline.
None.