वैधव्यं मम दत्त्वा तु द्विजसर्पौ मृतावुभौ । पित्रा मात्रा महाशोकं कृत्वा मे मुण्डितं शिरः
vaidhavyaṃ mama dattvā tu dvijasarpau mṛtāvubhau | pitrā mātrā mahāśokaṃ kṛtvā me muṇḍitaṃ śiraḥ
かくして我に寡婦の身を与えたのち、婆羅門(わが夫)とその蛇とは、ともに死した。ついで父母は大いなる悲嘆に沈み、我が頭髪を剃らせた。
Unspecified (same narrator to the king)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: nṛpa (king)
Scene: A young widow sits in shock; parents weep and, following custom, shave her head—mourning austerity imposed amid overwhelming sorrow.
Sorrow and social rites follow worldly loss, yet the Māhātmya context points toward purification and spiritual redirection.
Vastrāpathakṣetra remains the narrative frame, where suffering becomes a doorway to tīrtha-oriented transformation.
A social-ritual marker of widowhood is described: shaving of the head (muṇḍana) after bereavement.