Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42
तस्य भार्याऽभवत्तन्वी तरुणी वररूपधृक् । पश्चिमे वयसि प्राप्ते प्राणेभ्योऽपि गरीयसी
tasya bhāryā'bhavattanvī taruṇī vararūpadhṛk | paścime vayasi prāpte prāṇebhyo'pi garīyasī
His wife was slender, youthful, and of exquisite beauty; and when he reached his later years, she became dearer to him than life itself.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced)
Scene: An aging king gazes tenderly at his youthful, exquisitely beautiful queen; the palace setting contrasts youth and age, foreshadowing tension and impending action.
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It highlights human attachment and desire, which Purāṇas often use to contrast worldly clinging with spiritual remedy through dharma and tīrtha.
The episode belongs to the Rudraśīrṣa-tīrtha context of this adhyāya, though the site is not named in this verse.
None; it continues the narrative description.
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