Skandapurana 3.3.8.80.4

3.3.8.80.4

mamajja saha kaivatairāvarttābhihatā tarī .. 45 ..
hā heti śabdaḥ sumahānāsīttasyāstaṭadvaye ..
paśyatāṃ sarvasainyānāṃ pralāpo divama spṛśat .. 46 ..
majjaṃto mamrire kecitkecidgrāhodaraṃ gatāḥ ..
rājaputrādayaḥ kecinnādṛśyaṃta mahājale .. 47 ..
tadupaśrutya rājāpi citravarmātivi hvalaḥ ..
yamunāyāstaṭaṃ prāpya viceṣṭaḥ samajāyata ..48..
śrutvātha rājapatnyaśca vabhūburgatacetanāḥ ..
sā ca sīmaṃtinī śrutvā papāpa ḍūvi mūrcchitā .. 49 ..
tathānye maṃtrimukhyāśca nāyakāḥ sapurohitāḥ..
vihvalāḥ śokasaṃtaptā vilepurmuktamūrdhajāḥ ..3.3.8.50..
iṃdrasenopi rājedraḥ putravārttāṃ suduḥkhitaḥ..
ākarṇya saha patnībhirnaṣṭasaṃjñaḥ papāta ha .. 51 ..
tanmaṃtriṇaśca tatpaurāstathā taddeśavāsinaḥ ..
ābālavṛddhavanitāścukruśuḥ śokavihvalāḥ .. 52 ..
śokātkeciduro jaghnuḥ śiro jaghnuśca kecana ..
hā rājaputra hā tāta kvāsi kvāsīti babhramuḥ ..53..
evaṃ śokākulaṃ dīnamiṃdrasenamahīpateḥ ..
nagaraṃ sahasā kṣubdhaṃ citravarmapuraṃ tathā .. 54 ..
atha vṛddhaiḥ samāśvastaścitravarmā mahīpatiḥ ..
śanairnagaramāgatya sāntvayāmāsa cātmajām .. 55 ..
sa rājāṃbhasimagnasya jāmātustasya bāṃdhavaiḥ ..
āgataiḥ kārayāmāsa sākalyādaurdhvadaihikam ..56..
sā ca sīmaṃtinī sādhvī bhartṛlokamatiḥ satī ..
pitrā niṣiddhā snehena vaidhavyaṃ pratyapadyata .. 57 ..
muneḥ patnyo'padiṣṭaṃ yatsomavāravrataṃ śubham ..
na tatyāja śubhācārā vaidhavyaṃ prāptavatyapi .. 58 ..
evaṃ caturdaśe varṣe duḥkhaṃ prāpya sudāruṇam ..
dhyāyantī śivapādābjaṃ vatsaratrayamatyagāt .. 59 ..
putraśokādivonmattamiṃdrasenaṃ mahīpatim ..

the boat, struck by a whirlpool, sank along with the boatmen. / 45
A very great cry of “Alas, alas!” arose on both its banks; / as all the troops looked on, their wailing touched the sky. / 46
Drowning, some died; some went into the bellies of crocodiles; / the prince and others were not seen anywhere in the vast water. / 47
Hearing that, King Citravarmā too, utterly distracted, / reached the bank of the Yamunā and became motionless. / 48
Hearing it, the king's wives too lost consciousness; / and Sīmantinī, upon hearing it, fell unconscious to the ground. / 49
Likewise the other chief ministers, generals, and family priests, / bewildered and tormented by grief, wailed with their hair disheveled. / 50
King Indrasena also, deeply afflicted upon hearing the news of his son, / fell down senseless together with his wives. / 51
His ministers, his citizens, and the inhabitants of that land, / including children, the elderly, and women, cried out, overcome with grief. / 52
Out of grief, some beat their chests and some beat their heads; / they wandered about crying, “Alas, prince! Alas, dear one! Where are you? Where are you?” / 53
Thus the city of King Indrasena, full of sorrow and miserable, / was suddenly agitated, and likewise the city of Citravarmā. / 54
Then King Citravarmā, consoled by the elders, / slowly went to the city and comforted his daughter. / 55
Together with the relatives who had arrived, the king had the funeral rites / performed completely for that son-in-law who had drowned in the water. / 56
And that virtuous woman Sīmantinī, intent on [reaching] the world of her husband, / though dissuaded by her father out of affection, assumed widowhood. / 57
That auspicious Monday vow which had been taught by the sage's wife, / she of auspicious conduct did not abandon, even though she had met with widowhood. / 58
Having thus met with severe suffering in her fourteenth year, / meditating on the lotus feet of Śiva, she spent three years. / 59
King Indrasena, as if driven mad by grief for his son,