Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 93
आकर्ण्य तत्करुणवत्परिदेवितानि तानि द्रुमा व्रततयः कुसुमाश्रुपातैः । प्रायो रुदंति पततां विरुतार्तरावैरालोल्यमौलिमसकृत्पवनच्छलेन
ākarṇya tatkaruṇavatparidevitāni tāni drumā vratatayaḥ kusumāśrupātaiḥ | prāyo rudaṃti patatāṃ virutārtarāvairālolyamaulimasakṛtpavanacchalena
Als sie jene von Mitgefühl erfüllten Klagen vernahmen, schienen die Bäume—wie standhafte Asketen im Gelübde—mit Schauern von Blüten als Tränen zu weinen. Meistens riefen sie mit den gequälten Lauten fallender Vögel, und ihre Kronen schwankten immer wieder, als unter dem Vorwand des Windes.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrative voice)
Tirtha: Kāśī-vana/ghāṭa-parisara (implied sacred grove)
Type: ghat
Scene: Trees stand like vow-bound ascetics; blossoms fall like tears; birds cry in distress as if sharing the lament; treetops sway repeatedly, ‘blaming the wind’ for their grief.
FAQs
It depicts cosmic sympathy: even nature mirrors human sorrow, intensifying the moral-emotional ground for turning toward sacred consolation.
Not directly; it remains part of the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s larger praise of Kāśī’s sacred atmosphere.
None.