Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 21
अनया रहिताहं च न जीवामि कथंचन । एतस्मात्कारणाद्देवि प्ररोदिमि सुदुःखिता
anayā rahitāhaṃ ca na jīvāmi kathaṃcana | etasmātkāraṇāddevi prarodimi suduḥkhitā
तिच्याविना मी कशाही प्रकारे जगू शकत नाही. म्हणूनच, हे देवी, मी अतिशय दुःखी होऊन रडत आहे.
Unspecified young woman (likely the friend addressing Mṛgāvatī as ‘devi’)
Scene: A young woman, tearful and trembling, confides to an elder lady (queen/mother-figure), hands clasped, expressing inability to live without her companion; attendants and palace interior hinted softly.
FAQs
Attachment and love are powerful; dharmic life requires guiding such bonds toward a sustainable, righteous arrangement.
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