Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 65
ततो निशावशेषेऽहमुत्थाय त्वरयाऽन्वितः । कांतादुःखपरीतात्मा गतोऽरण्यं तदेव हि
tato niśāvaśeṣe'hamutthāya tvarayā'nvitaḥ | kāṃtāduḥkhaparītātmā gato'raṇyaṃ tadeva hi
پھر جب رات کا تھوڑا سا حصہ باقی رہ گیا، میں جلدی سے اٹھ کھڑا ہوا؛ محبوبہ کے غم سے گھرا دل لیے میں اسی جنگل کی طرف لوٹ گیا۔
Narrator (unnamed male speaker within the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Pre-dawn moment: the bereaved rises abruptly from a house, eyes red from crying, and slips back toward the dark forest, driven by longing.
FAQs
Attachment-driven grief propels restless action; without inner anchoring, the seeker runs outward even in darkness.
Not specified in this verse alone; it continues a broader tīrthamāhātmya narration.
None; the verse records the narrator’s hurried return to the forest.