Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 5
तामाह ललितं वीरो भद्रे सा क्व मुरोः सुता । कामुको द्रष्टुमिच्छामि दूरदेशागतोऽतिथिः
tāmāha lalitaṃ vīro bhadre sā kva muroḥ sutā | kāmuko draṣṭumicchāmi dūradeśāgato'tithiḥ
اس بہادر نے نہایت نرمی سے کہا: “اے بھدرے، مُرا کی بیٹی کہاں ہے؟ میں اسے دیکھنا چاہتا ہوں؛ میں دور دیس سے آیا ہوا مہمان اور عاشق خواستگار ہوں۔”
Haiḍambi (the arriving hero)
Listener: (implied) Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages
Scene: The hero, composed and courteous, speaks to the doorkeeper: his hand raised in respectful gesture; the doorkeeper listens attentively. The palace doorway frames them, hinting at the secluded inner chambers where ‘Mura’s daughter’ resides.
FAQs
Even when driven by desire, one is expected to speak with courtesy and invoke the dharma of hospitality (atithi-dharma).
None; the verse is a dialogue at the entrance of a mansion in the Prāgjyotiṣa narrative setting.
None.