Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11
किं मे चैतेन रूपेण तारुण्येनापि च प्रभो । यत्ते तथाविधं रूपं संभजामि दिवानिशम्
kiṃ me caitena rūpeṇa tāruṇyenāpi ca prabho | yatte tathāvidhaṃ rūpaṃ saṃbhajāmi divāniśam
Ô Seigneur, à quoi me servent cette beauté, même cette jeunesse, si je ne puis goûter et chérir cette forme même qui est la tienne, jour et nuit ?
Māhikā
Listener: the beloved (addressed as प्रभो)
Scene: Māhikā laments that her beauty and youth are worthless unless she can continually enjoy and cherish his particular form, day and night; her posture conveys intense longing.
FAQs
External attributes like youth and beauty are declared secondary to the deeper object of attachment—setting the stage for either renunciation or sanctified devotion.
None is named in this verse.
None directly; it expresses intent and longing rather than a rite.