Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 140
अकारण सखा कोसौ प्रांतरे समुपस्थितः । निजप्राणान्पणीकृत्य येन त्राता स्म बालिकाः
akāraṇa sakhā kosau prāṃtare samupasthitaḥ | nijaprāṇānpaṇīkṛtya yena trātā sma bālikāḥ
Qui est cet ami sans cause, survenu en ce lieu désert—lui qui, mettant sa propre vie en gage, sauva les jeunes filles ?
Skanda (deduced; verse reads like a character’s question within the narrative)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Ratneśvara narrative ambit)
Type: kshetra
Listener: In-story questioner reacting to the miracle (contextual)
Scene: In a desolate place, threatened maidens are shielded by a sudden protector figure; the rescuer stands between danger and the girls, ready to risk his life.
FAQs
Dharma is upheld through self-sacrifice; divine or saintly help often arrives without selfish motive.
The chapter’s trajectory remains within Kāśī and Ratneśvara’s māhātmya, though this verse focuses on the rescue episode.
None.