Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 87
रत्नावल्युवाच । शशिलेखेनंगलेखे चित्रलेखे मदीहितं । यूयं कुंठितसामर्थ्याः कुतो वस्ताः कलाः क्व वा
ratnāvalyuvāca | śaśilekhenaṃgalekhe citralekhe madīhitaṃ | yūyaṃ kuṃṭhitasāmarthyāḥ kuto vastāḥ kalāḥ kva vā
रत्नावली बोली— “हे शशिलेखा, हे नङ्गलेखा, हे चित्रलेखा, मेरी अभिलाषा पूर्ण करो। तुम्हारी सामर्थ्य क्यों कुंठित हो गई? तुम्हारी कलाएँ कहाँ चली गईं?”
Ratnāvalī
Scene: Ratnāvalī, newly recovered, addresses three named sakhīs—Śaśilekhā, Naṅgalekhā, Citralekhā—urging them to employ their arts; her expression mixes longing and authority.
FAQs
It underscores urgency and resolve—one should apply one’s talents (kalā) decisively toward a chosen aim.
The narrative is situated within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī-focused canvas, though this verse is interpersonal dialogue rather than direct tīrtha glorification.
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