Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 14
कदागंतव्यमिति च चक्राते ते गमावधिम् । जग्मतुश्च विरम्याथ क्रीडनात्स्वस्वमालयम्
kadāgaṃtavyamiti ca cakrāte te gamāvadhim | jagmatuśca viramyātha krīḍanātsvasvamālayam
انہوں نے جانے کے لیے وقت کی حد بھی مقرر کی—یہ طے کیا کہ کب جانا ہے۔ پھر کھیل سے باز آ کر دونوں اپنے اپنے ٹھکانوں کو لوٹ گئیں۔
Narrator (Skanda, in Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Scene: Kadrū and Vinatā conclude their pact, hands poised as if sealing an agreement; the atmosphere shifts from playful to ominously calm as they depart to separate dwellings.
FAQs
Actions bound by agreed limits highlight niyama (discipline) and accountability in dharmic conduct.
No tirtha is named in this verse; it is part of the Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s instructional narrative setting.
None; it records the agreed condition and their return home.