Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15
अनेन वपुषा दारान्वीक्षयिष्यामि तान्कथम् । तादृशेन शरीरेण याभिः संक्रीडितं मया
anena vapuṣā dārānvīkṣayiṣyāmi tānkatham | tādṛśena śarīreṇa yābhiḥ saṃkrīḍitaṃ mayā
'میں اس جسم کے ساتھ اپنی بیویوں کو کیسے دیکھوں گا—وہ جن کے ساتھ میں کبھی کھیلا کرتا تھا، جب میرے پاس ویسا (خوبصورت) جسم تھا؟'
Narrator (contextual; the afflicted person’s lament within the narration)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The man imagines or glimpses his wives at a distance—well-adorned, dignified—while he stands ashamed in ragged clothing; the contrast highlights loss and longing for former life.
FAQs
Attachment to bodily identity and social status brings shame and sorrow when circumstances change; Māhātmya literature often uses this to point toward inner purification and lasting dharma.
Not specified in this verse; it continues the lament that sets the stage for tīrtha-centered restoration.
None directly; the implied need is purification and re-establishment of dharma, commonly fulfilled through tīrtha-snāna and charitable acts in subsequent verses.