Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 43
वैरं परित्यज्य लुठेदुत्प्लुत्योत्प्लुत्य लीलया । आलोक्य मूषकं सर्पश्चरंतं वदनाग्रतः
vairaṃ parityajya luṭhedutplutyotplutya līlayā | ālokya mūṣakaṃ sarpaścaraṃtaṃ vadanāgrataḥ
Die Feindschaft ablegend, wälzt sich die Schlange, springt und springt aufs Neue spielerisch, und schaut dabei auf die Maus, die sich unmittelbar vor der Spitze ihres Maules bewegt.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī-kshetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A serpent, coiled then rolling and springing in playful arcs, watches a mouse calmly walk right before its mouth; the setting is a serene Kāśī grove with a subtle sacred radiance.
FAQs
Kāśī is celebrated as a realm where vairāgya from hostility becomes natural—an emblem of spiritual liberation from hatred.
Kāśī-kṣetra generally, as an all-transforming sacred environment.
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