Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 55
एतच्छ्रुत्वापि ता तस्या भृशं मुदमवाप ह । धन्योस्मि धन्या मे पूर्वे येषामैषा सुतान्वये
etacchrutvāpi tā tasyā bhṛśaṃ mudamavāpa ha | dhanyosmi dhanyā me pūrve yeṣāmaiṣā sutānvaye
Als sie dies hörte, wurde sie von übergroßer Freude erfüllt. „Gesegnet bin ich“, sprach sie, „und gesegnet sind meine Vorfahren, in deren Geschlecht eine solche Tochter geboren wurde.“
Narrator (Skanda speaking to Agastya, inferred from Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: (Contextual) audience of sages/seekers
Scene: A mother/elder woman, eyes bright with joy, blesses her daughter; domestic courtyard in Kāśī with subtle signs of sanctity—tulasi, lamps, and distant ghāṭa silhouettes.
FAQs
True nobility is recognized as a fruit of merit (puṇya), and gratitude extends to one’s lineage when virtue appears in the family.
The broader frame is Kāśī in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though this verse itself focuses on family merit rather than naming a particular tīrtha.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; the verse emphasizes the recognition of puṇya through virtuous offspring.