Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 78
मधूक तव पुष्पेण दयितायाः समौ शुभौ । कपोलौ पांडुरच्छायौ दृष्ट्वा त्वां स्मृतिमागतौ
madhūka tava puṣpeṇa dayitāyāḥ samau śubhau | kapolau pāṃḍuracchāyau dṛṣṭvā tvāṃ smṛtimāgatau
हे मधूक! तव पुष्पेण मम दयितायाः शुभौ कपोलौ पाण्डुरच्छायौ मनोहरौ स्मृतिपथमागतौ; त्वां दृष्ट्वा सा स्मृतिः पुनरुदिता।
A lovelorn husband/lover (narrative voice within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)
Scene: A traveler in a sacred forest pauses before a blooming madhūka tree; the pale blossoms visually echo the remembered cheeks of his beloved, and his face shows sudden recollection and longing.
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Sense-perception can revive powerful smṛti (memory); Purāṇic ethics often warn that the mind follows impressions unless disciplined toward auspicious aims.
No site is explicitly named in this verse.
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