Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 84
कः प्रार्थ्यः प्रार्थनीयं किं को वा प्रार्थयिता प्रिये । न पृथग्जनवत्किंचिद्वर्तनं नौ कलावति
kaḥ prārthyaḥ prārthanīyaṃ kiṃ ko vā prārthayitā priye | na pṛthagjanavatkiṃcidvartanaṃ nau kalāvati
“Beloved, who is to be entreated, what is there to be asked for, and who indeed is the petitioner? Kalāvatī, between us there is no dealing like that of ordinary, separate people.”
King
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (typical)
Scene: The king speaks of no separation between them—no petitioner, no petition—suggesting intimate unity; the couple is shown close, calm, and synchronized in posture.
FAQs
Within dharmic partnership, unity and shared purpose are exalted over transactional or self-centered relations.
None is named; the passage remains within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa framework connected with Vārāṇasī.
None.