Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9
न मया तत्र गंतव्यं कथंचिदपि मानिना । तस्मादेनां परित्यज्य रात्रौ गच्छामि दूरतः
na mayā tatra gaṃtavyaṃ kathaṃcidapi māninā | tasmādenāṃ parityajya rātrau gacchāmi dūrataḥ
“I—being bound by pride—must not go there by any means. Therefore, abandoning her, I shall depart far away in the night.”
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; specific speaker not explicit in this snippet)
Tirtha: कुण्डिन (संदर्भ-नगर)
Type: kshetra
Scene: रात्रि का अंधकार; नल का मुख कठोर-निर्णय से तना, पर भीतर पीड़ा; दूर कहीं नगर-दीपों की कल्पना; दमयन्ती सोई हुई—असुरक्षा का पूर्वाभास।
FAQs
Pride can drive harmful choices; dharma requires humility and responsibility toward those under one’s protection.
The chapter’s Tīrthamāhātmya context culminates in Hāṭakeśvara Kṣetra; this verse is part of the narrative prelude.
No explicit rite is prescribed here.
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