Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55
तस्मादहं प्रयास्यामि यत्र नाम न ते विधे । श्रूयते कामलुब्धस्य ह्रिया परिहृतस्य च
tasmādahaṃ prayāsyāmi yatra nāma na te vidhe | śrūyate kāmalubdhasya hriyā parihṛtasya ca
C’est pourquoi je m’en irai—vers un lieu où l’on n’entend même pas ton nom, ô Vidhī; car l’on dit que celui qui convoite le désir est rejeté par Hriyā, la pudeur sacrée.
Unspecified (likely the lamenting female speaker addressing ‘Vidhe’)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A departure scene at dawn: the woman (or speaker) walks away with a small bundle, looking back once; behind her, the man stands amid fading shadows labeled ‘kāma’; a subtle feminine aura (Hrī-devī) withdraws from him like a departing light.
FAQs
When shame and conscience depart, relationships and merit collapse; separation becomes a dharmic response to persistent adharma.
No particular tīrtha is identified; the verse expresses a resolve to go elsewhere within a pilgrimage-themed textual setting.
None; it is a narrative decision framed as a moral consequence.