अध्याय १२८: शिव–उमा संवादः — तिलोत्तमा, श्मशान-मेध्यता, तथा चातुर्वर्ण्य-धर्मः
Chapter 128: Śiva–Umā Dialogue—Tilottamā, the Ritual Valence of the Śmaśāna, and the Fourfold Duty-Code
नूनमासंजयित्वा त्वां कृत्ये कम्मिंश्विदीप्सिते । कश्चिदर्थयते नित्यं तेनासि हरिण: कृश:
“Surely someone has entangled you in some desired undertaking, and continually seeks to accomplish his own ends through you; therefore you are growing thin and pale like a deer.”
ब्राह्मण उवाच