Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 66
यदंग निद्रासिचिरं ध्यायंत्यस्मि तदेत्यहम् । कदा निद्रा दरिद्रोसौ भवितार्कोदयेऽब्जवत्
yadaṃga nidrāsiciraṃ dhyāyaṃtyasmi tadetyaham | kadā nidrā daridrosau bhavitārkodaye'bjavat
প্রিয়ে! তুমি যখন নিদ্রায় থাকো, তখন আমি দীর্ঘক্ষণ শুধু তোমাকেই ধ্যান করি। এই দীন নিদ্রা কবে সূর্যোদয়ে পদ্মের মতো দূর হবে?
Unspecified in excerpt (likely a mother addressing her child within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative frame)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A lover sits awake beside a sleeping beloved, eyes fixed, mind absorbed; outside, the first light of dawn touches lotus buds, symbolizing the hoped-for end of sleep and the rise of longing.
FAQs
It dramatizes longing and wakeful attentiveness—emotions that purāṇic storytelling uses to intensify moral reflection and devotion.
No specific site is named; the chapter belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa framework.
None.