Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 71
अनल्पोत्कलितं चेतः पुनस्तत्संगमाशया । प्राणानां मे यियासूनामेकमेव महौषधम्
analpotkalitaṃ cetaḥ punastatsaṃgamāśayā | prāṇānāṃ me yiyāsūnāmekameva mahauṣadham
Mon cœur se soulevait sans cesse dans l’espérance de le revoir. Pour mes souffles de vie, prêts à s’en aller, cette espérance seule devint le grand remède.
Skanda (narrating within Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pale, love-stricken woman in Kāśī speaks of hope as her only medicine; companions gather close, lamplight flickers, the distant sound of Gaṅgā and temple bells frames her trembling resolve.
FAQs
Hope directed toward reunion becomes life-sustaining; spiritually, faith and remembrance can steady the prāṇas in distress.
Kāśī is the textual setting; the verse supports the Kāśī-kṣetra Māhātmya by depicting heightened devotional states.
No explicit ritual is given here.