Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 72
इति पत्नीवचः श्रुत्वा तथा स कृतवान्खगः । सपीडितो दृढं पादे श्येनश्चीत्कृतवान्बहु
iti patnīvacaḥ śrutvā tathā sa kṛtavānkhagaḥ | sapīḍito dṛḍhaṃ pāde śyenaścītkṛtavānbahu
Hearing his wife’s words, the bird did exactly so. The hawk, tightly gripped by the foot and wracked with pain, cried out again and again.
Skanda (deduced: narrative voice in Kāśīkhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A hawk grips a pigeon; the hawk’s foot is painfully trapped/pressed, forcing it to cry out while still clutching its prey; the wife’s counsel is implied as the cause of the action.
FAQs
Right instruction, when followed, becomes effective power; dharma-bearing effort can reverse even an unequal situation.
Kāśī is the overarching sacred frame of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, but this verse is an illustrative story rather than direct tīrtha praise.
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