Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 82
तत्रस्थस्य हि मे कन्या क्रीडते परतः स्थिता । वलयापूरिताभ्यां च प्रकोष्ठाभ्यां ततस्ततः
tatrasthasya hi me kanyā krīḍate parataḥ sthitā | valayāpūritābhyāṃ ca prakoṣṭhābhyāṃ tatastataḥ
جب میں وہاں مقیم تھا تو میری بیٹی ذرا فاصلے پر کھڑی کھیلتی رہتی؛ اس کی کلائیاں چوڑیوں سے بھری تھیں اور وہ ادھر اُدھر چلتی پھرتی تھی۔
Male narrator within the episode (first-person account)
Type: kshetra
Scene: In the hermitage, the narrator’s daughter stands a little apart, playing; her forearms are filled with bangles as she moves about—an image of innocence amid austerity.
FAQs
It situates spiritual discipline within lived human life, showing how family scenes unfold alongside āśrama practice.
The narrative remains embedded in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra tīrthamāhātmya setting.
None; it is descriptive narration.