Skanda Purana 5.15.15
Skandapurāṇa 5.15.15
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5.15.15
iti śaptastathā viṣṇurjagāmādṛśyatāṃ kṣaṇāt
sā citraśālāparyaṃkaḥ sa ca te'thaplavaṃgamāḥ 55
naṣṭaṃ sarvaṃ harau yāte vanaṃ śūnyaṃ vilokya sā
vṛṃdā prāha sakhīṃ prāpya jihmaṃ tadviṣṇunā kṛtam 56
tyaktaṃ puraṃ gataṃ rājyaṃ kāṃtaḥ saṃdehatāṃ gataḥ
ahaṃ vane viditvaitatkva yāmi vidhinirmitā 57
manorathānāṃ viṣayamabhūnme priyadarśanam
prāha niḥśvasya caivoṣṇaṃ rājñī vṛṃdātiduḥkhitā 58
Cursed thus, Viṣṇu vanished in an instant; / that painted chamber, the couch, and those monkeys— / all disappeared when Hari went away. Seeing the forest empty, / Vṛndā reached her female friend and said, “A crooked deed was done by that Viṣṇu! / The city is abandoned, the kingdom gone, my beloved is uncertain; / having found this out in the forest, where shall I go, fashioned by destiny? / The sight of my beloved has become only an object of my daydreams!” / So spoke Queen Vṛndā, sighing hotly, intensely sorrowful.
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