Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 143
ततः सहस्रानीकोऽयं तत्प्राप्य मणिकंकणम् । मृगावतीविप्रयोगविषाग्निपरिपीडितः
tataḥ sahasrānīko'yaṃ tatprāpya maṇikaṃkaṇam | mṛgāvatīviprayogaviṣāgniparipīḍitaḥ
അപ്പോൾ സഹസ്രാനീകൻ ആ മണിമയ കങ്കണം ലഭിച്ചയുടൻ മൃഗാവതിയുടെ വിരഹജന്യ വിഷാഗ്നിയിൽ ദഹിച്ച് അത്യന്തം പീഡിതനായി।
Narrator (Purāṇic ākhyāna voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Brāhma Khaṇḍa narrative frame)
Scene: A king holds a jeweled bracelet just received; his face is drawn, eyes reddened, body tense as if scorched by an inner fire of separation; attendants stand at a distance, unsure how to console him.
FAQs
Attachment and separation burn like poison-fire; Purāṇic narratives often use such suffering to propel restoration of dharma and reunion.
Not explicit in the verse; the Setu sacred landscape frames the narrative’s moral arc.
None.