Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 28
भगिन्योपि च या देवि तव तत्र सभर्तृकाः । तासां गौरवमालोक्य न किंचिद्वक्तुमुत्सहे
bhaginyopi ca yā devi tava tatra sabhartṛkāḥ | tāsāṃ gauravamālokya na kiṃcidvaktumutsahe
ឱ ព្រះនាងទេវី សូម្បីបងប្អូនស្រីរបស់អ្នកក៏នៅទីនោះ ជាមួយស្វាមីរបស់ពួកនាង។ ឃើញកិត្តិយស និងសេចក្តីថ្លៃថ្នូររបស់ពួកនាង ខ្ញុំមិនហ៊ាននិយាយអ្វីសោះ។
Narrator (addressing Satī/Dākṣāyaṇī)
Listener: Satī (addressed as Devī)
Scene: A royal-sacrificial court where Satī’s sisters sit adorned beside their husbands; the speaker, overwhelmed by their prestige, hesitates, hands folded, unable to speak openly.
FAQs
It shows how social power and status can silence truthful speech, a recurring Purāṇic warning against compromising dharma for worldly deference.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; the broader Kāśīkhaṇḍa is oriented toward Kāśī’s glory.
None.