Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 51
हाहेत्याताड्य हृदयं चक्रंद बहुशो भृशम् । इतस्ततस्तमालोक्य गतस्तदनुसारतः
hāhetyātāḍya hṛdayaṃ cakraṃda bahuśo bhṛśam | itastatastamālokya gatastadanusārataḥ
„Weh!“ rufend, sich an die Brust schlagend, weinte er immer wieder in bitterem Schmerz. Hierhin und dorthin blickend, ging er fort und folgte seiner Spur.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya
Scene: Dhanañjaya cries ‘Hā hā!’, beats his chest repeatedly, scans in all directions, and runs after the fleeing porter through the city.
FAQs
Attachment to wealth yields intense sorrow; Purāṇic storytelling highlights the need for steadiness and dharmic discernment.
The episode unfolds within the Kāśī narrative frame; no specific tīrtha is named in this verse.
None; it depicts lamentation and pursuit.