Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 258
इयं तव सुता ब्रह्मन्सुताया मम सुप्रिया । न वियोगं सहत्यस्या मुहूर्तमपि भामिनी
iyaṃ tava sutā brahmansutāyā mama supriyā | na viyogaṃ sahatyasyā muhūrtamapi bhāminī
“โอ้พราหมณ์ ธิดาของท่านผู้นี้เป็นที่รักยิ่งของธิดาของข้า นางกุมารีผู้รุ่งเรืองนั้นทนการพรากจากนางไม่ได้ แม้เพียงชั่วขณะเดียว”
Unspecified (contextual narration within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Two young maidens clasp hands; an elder (a Brāhmaṇa father) is addressed by a speaker pleading that the girls not be separated; expressions show tender urgency.
FAQs
It highlights steadfast affection and loyalty, virtues upheld in Purāṇic dharma as foundations for harmonious social and familial life.
This verse functions as narrative context in the Tīrthamāhātmya; the specific tīrtha is not named within this shloka itself.
No direct rite (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is prescribed in this verse.