Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 97
सुधाकर करस्पृष्टाप्यतिदूनांगयष्टिका । पश्यंती नागयूनः सा किंचिदुच्छ्वसिताऽभवत्
sudhākara karaspṛṣṭāpyatidūnāṃgayaṣṭikā | paśyaṃtī nāgayūnaḥ sā kiṃciducchvasitā'bhavat
ചന്ദ്രകിരണത്തെപ്പോലെ സുന്ദരമായ അവളുടെ ദേഹയഷ്ടി അത്യന്തം ക്ഷീണിച്ചിരുന്നാലും, യുവ നാഗങ്ങളെ കണ്ടപ്പോൾ അവൾ അല്പം ഉച്ച്വാസം വിട്ടു.
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration, often to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: At night under a luminous moon, the frail Gandharvī—slender as a moonbeam—turns her gaze toward youthful Nāgas; her chest rises in a restrained sigh, conveying longing and fatigue.
FAQs
Even a weakened heart can be stirred by sense-objects; vigilance over the senses is praised in dharma.
Kāśī is the overarching sacred geography; this verse remains in the narrative stream leading to the Ratneśvara topic.
None; the verse uses poetic comparison to describe inner agitation.