Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 73
भट्टिका तु ततो हृष्टा प्रणम्य जनकं निजम् । नाहं गृहं गमिष्यामि किं करिष्याम्यहं गृहे
bhaṭṭikā tu tato hṛṣṭā praṇamya janakaṃ nijam | nāhaṃ gṛhaṃ gamiṣyāmi kiṃ kariṣyāmyahaṃ gṛhe
ततः भट्टिका हृष्टा स्वजनकं प्रणम्येदं जगाद— “नाहं गृहं गमिष्यामि; गृहे मे किं प्रयोजनम्?”
Bhaṭṭikā
Type: tirtha
Scene: Bhaṭṭikā, radiant with resolve, bows at her father’s feet near the tīrtha-bank, refusing household life; townspeople and the sacred landscape frame her renunciant choice.
FAQs
When dharma is firmly realized, one may choose a higher life of dedication; inner calling can outweigh ordinary social return.
The same tīrtha tied to Bhaṭṭikā’s name and purity; her resolve reinforces the sanctity and enduring fame of the site.
None explicitly in this verse; it expresses a personal vow-like decision to not resume household life.
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