Skanda Purana 5.15.16
Skandapurāṇa 5.15.16
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5.15.16
mama prāptaṃ hi maraṇaṃ tvayā hi smaradūtike
ityuktā sā tayā prāha mama tvaṃ prāṇarūpiṇī 59
tasyāstathoktamākarṇya itikarttavyatāṃ tataḥ
vane niścitya sā vṛṃdā gatvā tatra mahatsaraḥ 60
vihāya duḥkhamakarodgātrakṣālanamaṃbunā
tīre padmāsanaṃ baddhvā kṛtvā nirviṣayaṃ manaḥ 61
śoṣayāmāsa dehaṃ svaṃ viṣṇusaṃgena dūṣitam
tapaścacārasātyugraṃ nirāhārā sakhīsamam 62
"Indeed, my death has arrived through you, messenger of Love!"
Addressed thus by her, she replied, "You are my very life."
Having heard what she said, and then having determined in the forest
what must be done, that Vṛndā went there to a great lake.
Casting off her sorrow, she washed her limbs with water.
Assuming the lotus posture on the shore and making her mind free of sense-objects,
she dried up her own body which had been defiled by union with Viṣṇu.
Deprived of food, she performed exceedingly severe austerity along with her companion.
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