Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 54
तथैव सा समाकर्ण्य भर्तुरादेशमुत्सुका । इतस्ततश्च बभ्राम जलार्थं न प्रपश्यति । न च निर्याति दूरं सा त्यक्त्वारण्ये तथाविधम्
tathaiva sā samākarṇya bharturādeśamutsukā | itastataśca babhrāma jalārthaṃ na prapaśyati | na ca niryāti dūraṃ sā tyaktvāraṇye tathāvidham
ครั้นได้ยินบัญชาของสามี นางก็รีบร้อนเที่ยวเสาะหาน้ำไปทั่ว แต่ไม่พบเลย และนางก็มิได้ไปไกล เพราะไม่อาจทอดทิ้งสามีในสภาพนั้นกลางพงไพร
Narrator (contextual)
Scene: The wife moves anxiously through the forest in short circles, scanning for water, repeatedly looking back toward her ill husband, unwilling to go far.
FAQs
Devotion expressed as responsibility—remaining near and protecting the vulnerable—is praised as dharma in action.
The narrative belongs to a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter, but the exact tīrtha is not stated in this verse.
None; the verse describes dutiful conduct and compassionate restraint.