Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 71
अनल्पोत्कलितं चेतः पुनस्तत्संगमाशया । प्राणानां मे यियासूनामेकमेव महौषधम्
analpotkalitaṃ cetaḥ punastatsaṃgamāśayā | prāṇānāṃ me yiyāsūnāmekameva mahauṣadham
كان قلبي يفيض مرة بعد مرة برجاء لقائه من جديد. ولأنفاسي الحياتية التي كادت تفارق، لم يكن إلا ذلك الرجاء دواءً عظيمًا.
Skanda (narrating within Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pale, love-stricken woman in Kāśī speaks of hope as her only medicine; companions gather close, lamplight flickers, the distant sound of Gaṅgā and temple bells frames her trembling resolve.
FAQs
Hope directed toward reunion becomes life-sustaining; spiritually, faith and remembrance can steady the prāṇas in distress.
Kāśī is the textual setting; the verse supports the Kāśī-kṣetra Māhātmya by depicting heightened devotional states.
No explicit ritual is given here.