Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 66
तंद्री तदंगसंस्पर्शौ मम बोधापहारकौ । तंद्र्या परवशा चासं ततस्तत्स्पर्शनेन च
taṃdrī tadaṃgasaṃsparśau mama bodhāpahārakau | taṃdryā paravaśā cāsaṃ tatastatsparśanena ca
Drowsiness—and the touch of his limbs—stole away my awareness. Overpowered by that drowsiness, and then again by that touch, I was left without self-control.
Skanda (narrating within Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically to Agastya)
Scene: A heroine in a dim inner chamber, eyes heavy with drowsiness, leaning as a beloved’s arm brushes her; her awareness slipping like a lamp in wind.
FAQs
It portrays how sensory contact and inner lethargy can overpower discernment—devotion requires wakeful awareness (bodha) and restraint.
The broader setting is Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, where narratives support the Māhātmya of the sacred kṣetra.
No explicit rite is stated in this verse; it is a psychological-devotional description within the Kāśī narrative.