Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49
तस्मात्सर्वां महीं त्यक्त्वा लज्जया परया युतः । द्वीपान्महार्णवांस्त्यक्त्वा संप्रयास्याम्यतः परम्
tasmātsarvāṃ mahīṃ tyaktvā lajjayā parayā yutaḥ | dvīpānmahārṇavāṃstyaktvā saṃprayāsyāmyataḥ param
“پس میں سخت شرمندگی کے ساتھ ساری زمین کو چھوڑتا ہوں؛ جزیروں اور عظیم سمندروں کو پیچھے چھوڑ کر، یہاں سے آگے کسی ماوراء مقام کی طرف روانہ ہوں گا۔”
Viśvāmitra
Listener: (unnamed interlocutor)
Scene: Viśvāmitra, head bowed in shame, turns away from the world; behind him oceans and continents are symbolically left behind—waves, concentric rings—while Triśaṅku stands as the unresolved cause of sorrow.
FAQs
When efforts seem fruitless, humility and honest self-assessment arise—often just before divine guidance reveals the efficacious sacred means.
None named yet; the narrative tension prepares for the disclosure of Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.
None; it expresses intent to renounce further worldly wandering due to perceived failure.