Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 217
धिगेतत्सौधसौंदर्यं धिगेतद्धनसंचयम् । विनापत्यं प्रियतमे जीवितं च धिगावयोः
dhigetatsaudhasauṃdaryaṃ dhigetaddhanasaṃcayam | vināpatyaṃ priyatame jīvitaṃ ca dhigāvayoḥ
ああ、楼閣の美しさよ、恥ずべし。財の蓄えよ、恥ずべし。いとしき人よ、子なきままなら――我らの命すら恥ずべし。
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Type: kshetra
Scene: A poignant domestic scene: a couple in a grand mansion turns away from luxury and piled wealth, expressing anguish and disillusionment at childlessness; the opulence is rendered as spiritually empty.
FAQs
Worldly splendor and wealth are depicted as hollow when life’s deeper aims and continuities are absent, pushing the mind toward dispassion and higher purpose.
No tīrtha is named; it is an ethical-emotional reflection within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative.
None; the verse expresses lament and value-judgment rather than prescribing a rite.