Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 18
नियंत्रितो महिष्याश्च तस्याः सौभाग्यगौरवात् । विमृज्य च सभालोकं शोकं संमृज्य चेष्टितैः
niyaṃtrito mahiṣyāśca tasyāḥ saubhāgyagauravāt | vimṛjya ca sabhālokaṃ śokaṃ saṃmṛjya ceṣṭitaiḥ
Retenu par la reine—à cause du poids de sa fortune favorisée—il se ressaisit ; il parcourut l’assemblée du regard et, par des gestes au-dehors, s’efforça d’effacer son chagrin.
Skanda (deduced narration)
Scene: The king, constrained by the queen’s favored status, wipes his face and scans the assembly, masking grief through outward gestures.
FAQs
Power and favoritism can restrain even a king; the Purāṇic lesson points beyond courtly influence toward the higher sovereignty of dharma and devotion.
No tīrtha is directly named; the narrative belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s larger praise of Kāśī as the supreme sacred field.
None.