Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 20
स्वाधीनोपि न तत्तेन वृतेनापि हि किं भवेत् । इति संचिंतयंती सा रूपौदार्यगुणान्विता
svādhīnopi na tattena vṛtenāpi hi kiṃ bhavet | iti saṃciṃtayaṃtī sā rūpaudāryaguṇānvitā
“ಅವನು ವಶನಾಗಿದ್ದರೂ, ಇಂತಹ ಆರಿಸಿಕೊಂಡವನಿಂದ ಏನು ಫಲ?” ಎಂದು ಆಕೆ ಚಿಂತಿಸಿದಳು—ರೂಪ, ಔದಾರ್ಯ, ಸದ್ಗುಣಗಳಿಂದ ಯುಕ್ತಳಾಗಿ।
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A virtuous maiden in Kāśī sits in contemplation, rejecting a merely ‘compliant’ suitor; her face shows calm discernment rather than romance, with the distant silhouette of Viśvanātha’s sacred cityscape.
FAQs
Discernment (viveka) is praised: decisions should be measured by dharmic outcome, not mere convenience or compliance.
None explicitly; it remains within the Kāśī narrative frame.
None.
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