Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 67
अहोदवाग्निदवथुस्तथामां न स बाधते । बाधते तु यथा चित्ते चिन्तासंतापसंततिः
ahodavāgnidavathustathāmāṃ na sa bādhate | bādhate tu yathā citte cintāsaṃtāpasaṃtatiḥ
हाय! वनाग्नि की दाह-ज्वर भी मुझे उतना नहीं सताती; जितना मेरे चित्त में चिन्ता और अन्तर्दाह की अविच्छिन्न धारा सताती है।
Vindhya
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A contrast tableau: a raging forest fire in the distance, yet the speaker clutches his chest/head, showing that the real burning is the continuous stream of worry within.
FAQs
Mental anguish born of anxiety can exceed physical pain; inner discipline is essential for peace.
None directly; it supports the moral tone of the Kāśī-māhātmya narrative.
None.
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