Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 35
तस्या वाक्यं समाकर्ण्य पुनः कलरवोब्रवीत् । किं करिष्यत्यसौ मुग्धे मम व्योमविहारिणः
tasyā vākyaṃ samākarṇya punaḥ kalaravobravīt | kiṃ kariṣyatyasau mugdhe mama vyomavihāriṇaḥ
Ayant entendu ses paroles, celui à la voix suave parla de nouveau : «Ô candide, que pourrait-il me faire, à moi qui parcours le firmament ?»
Pārāvata (the male pigeon)
Scene: The sweet-voiced pigeon-husband replies with confident ease, chest lifted, wings slightly spread as if to demonstrate freedom of the sky; the wife remains concerned beside him.
FAQs
It conveys confidence and self-assurance; yet, within Purāṇic storytelling, such confidence is often tested to reveal deeper dharma.
Kāśī is the overarching sacred geography in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa; this verse itself is part of the moral narrative embedded in that setting.
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