Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 41
तां च वेदशिराः कन्यां स्नेहेन समवर्धयत् । क्षीरेण स्वाश्रमस्थाया हरिण्या हरिणीक्षणाम्
tāṃ ca vedaśirāḥ kanyāṃ snehena samavardhayat | kṣīreṇa svāśramasthāyā hariṇyā hariṇīkṣaṇām
ហើយឥសី វេទសិរាស បានចិញ្ចឹមក្មេងស្រីនោះដោយសេចក្តីស្រឡាញ់ជ្រាលជ្រៅ—បំបៅនាងដែលមានភ្នែកដូចក្តាន់ ដោយទឹកដោះក្តាន់ញីដែលរស់នៅក្នុងអាស្រមរបស់លោក។
Skanda (deduced narrative voice in Kāśīkhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sage Vedaśiras lovingly feeds the doe-eyed girl with milk from a gentle doe that lives within the hermitage; the scene radiates quiet forest sanctity and parental affection.
FAQs
Dharma is embodied as care and guardianship—saintly compassion sustains and protects the vulnerable.
The verse highlights the sanctity of the rishi’s āśrama within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa setting, rather than a named bathing-place.
None; it describes upbringing and nourishment as part of the narrative.