Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 32
हृष्टाहृष्टेविषण्णास्या विषण्णास्ये प्रिये सदा । एकरूपा भवेत्पुण्या संपत्सु च विपत्सु च
hṛṣṭāhṛṣṭeviṣaṇṇāsyā viṣaṇṇāsye priye sadā | ekarūpā bhavetpuṇyā saṃpatsu ca vipatsu ca
Ist der Geliebte froh, so sei auch sie froh; ist er niedergeschlagen, so sei auch sie niedergeschlagen. Die fromme Frau bleibt von gleicher Gesinnung, standhaft in Glück wie in Unglück.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A couple receiving alternating news—prosperity and hardship—while the wife remains composed, supportive, and steady; background suggests Kāśī’s ghats with lamps at dusk, symbolizing constancy.
FAQs
It praises steadiness and shared emotional responsibility as a form of dharmic equanimity.
Kāśī is the sacred frame of the discourse; the verse itself is ethical guidance rather than a tīrtha-stuti.
None; it prescribes inner discipline—constancy through changing circumstances.