अनल्पोत्कलितं चेतः पुनस्तत्संगमाशया । प्राणानां मे यियासूनामेकमेव महौषधम्
analpotkalitaṃ cetaḥ punastatsaṃgamāśayā | prāṇānāṃ me yiyāsūnāmekameva mahauṣadham
Hatiku berulang kali bergelora oleh harapan untuk bertemu dengannya sekali lagi. Saat napas hidupku hampir pergi, harapan itulah menjadi mahāuṣadhi, obat agung bagiku.
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.
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.