Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 59
सोऽहमद्य गमिष्यामि परलोकं सहानया । प्रियारहितहर्म्यस्य जीवितस्य च किं फलम्
so'hamadya gamiṣyāmi paralokaṃ sahānayā | priyārahitaharmyasya jīvitasya ca kiṃ phalam
Ainsi, aujourd’hui, moi aussi j’irai dans l’autre monde avec elle ; car à quoi sert la vie, et quelle joie est une demeure, lorsque l’aimée est absente ?
Sūta (first-person narrator within the episode)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūta
Scene: The mourner stands resolute, looking toward an unseen ‘other world,’ one hand gesturing toward the dead beloved, the other toward the horizon; the home behind appears dark and empty despite its size.
FAQs
Despair reveals the limits of worldly support; Purāṇic teaching uses such moments to turn one toward dharma and sacred means of welfare beyond death.
Not specified in this verse; it belongs to a chapter within Tīrthamāhātmya.
None directly; it is a vow-like statement of intent born from grief.