Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44
शुक उवाच । यथाद्याहं त्वया जातो मया त्वं चान्यजन्मनि । संजातोऽसि मुनिश्रेष्ठ तथाहमपि ते पिता
śuka uvāca | yathādyāhaṃ tvayā jāto mayā tvaṃ cānyajanmani | saṃjāto'si muniśreṣṭha tathāhamapi te pitā
शुक म्हणाला—जसा आज मी तुझ्यापासून जन्मलो आहे, तसाच दुसऱ्या जन्मी तू माझ्यापासून जन्मला होतास, हे मुनिश्रेष्ठ। अशा रीतीने मीही तुझा पिता होतो।
Śuka
Listener: (addressed) Vyāsa / munīśreṣṭha
Scene: A quiet hermitage setting: Śuka, youthful and radiant with ascetic calm, addresses Vyāsa with paradoxical tenderness—gesturing to the cyclical wheel of births; Vyāsa listens, grave and contemplative.
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In saṃsāra, relationships shift across births; recognizing this loosens possessiveness and supports renunciation.
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None; it is a philosophical reply about rebirth and relational impermanence.
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