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
Hearing those compassion-laden lamentations, the trees—like ascetics steadfast in their vows—seemed to weep in showers of blossoms as tears. For the most part they cried with the anguished calls of falling birds, their crowns swaying again and again as though on the pretext of the wind.
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.