Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 48
काचित्तां वीजयांचक्रे कदलीतालवृंतकैः । बिसिनीवलयैरन्या धन्यां तां पर्यभूषयत्
kācittāṃ vījayāṃcakre kadalītālavṛṃtakaiḥ | bisinīvalayairanyā dhanyāṃ tāṃ paryabhūṣayat
একজন কলা ও তালগাছের ডাঁটা দিয়ে তাকে পাখা করল; আরেকজন পদ্মতন্তুর কঙ্কণে সেই ধন্যাকে অলংকৃত করল।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: One attendant fans with banana and palm stalks; another slips lotus-fibre bracelets onto the lady’s wrists—cool, fragrant, and tenderly intimate.
FAQs
Compassion is expressed through gentle, respectful actions that restore comfort and dignity.
The verse sits within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa narrative, but does not specify a named tīrtha.
No formal ritual is prescribed; the actions are soothing upacāras (fanning, adorning).