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
Where have you gone, O wide-eyed one, leaving me in this lonely wilderness? I shall not return home—cruel destiny has made it only a cause of my sorrow.
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.
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Lamentation reveals the mind’s dependence; the dharmic cure is inner refuge rather than outer clinging.
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