Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 83
राज्यकर्मप्रसक्तेन भोगासक्तेन नंदिनि । स्वयमेवाधुना लब्धं नाहं सन्त्यक्तुमुत्सहे
rājyakarmaprasaktena bhogāsaktena naṃdini | svayamevādhunā labdhaṃ nāhaṃ santyaktumutsahe
“Wahai Nandinī, aku terjerat dalam tugas-tugas kerajaan dan terpaut pada kenikmatan dunia. Apa yang baru kini aku peroleh dengan sendirinya, aku tidak berani melepaskannya.”
Mahīpāla (the king)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nandinī
Scene: A king speaks to Nandinī with a conflicted expression—one hand gesturing toward royal insignia (crown/scepter), the other toward the sacred grove/temple—showing the pull between duty and renunciation.
FAQs
It highlights how attachment to power and pleasure obstructs renunciation, even when spiritual opportunity arises.
The broader passage belongs to the Kalaśeśvara-tīrtha Māhātmya within Nāgarakhaṇḍa.
No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it expresses the king’s inner limitation due to attachment.