Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 68
यदा सौधाद्विनिर्यायाः पद्मरेखांकितं पदम् । प्राणानां ते यियासूनां तदा तदवलंबनम्
yadā saudhādviniryāyāḥ padmarekhāṃkitaṃ padam | prāṇānāṃ te yiyāsūnāṃ tadā tadavalaṃbanam
あなたが宮殿から出て、蓮華の筋の刻まれた御足を踏み出すとき、その一歩こそ、去ろうとする我が生命の息の支えとなる。
Unspecified in excerpt (Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative voice; speaker not explicit here)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A palace threshold scene: the beloved steps out, revealing a foot with lotus-like lines; the speaker’s prāṇa seems to cling to that footprint as if it alone prevents collapse—high drama of separation.
FAQs
It portrays the beloved’s presence as life-sustaining, using lotus-foot symbolism that often also resonates with devotional (bhakti) imagery.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it remains within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative setting.
None.