Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 32
अन्येद्युरप्यथायातः श्येनो पश्यत्स दंपती । अपरिच्छिन्नया दृष्ट्या यथा मृत्युर्गतायुषम्
anyedyurapyathāyātaḥ śyeno paśyatsa daṃpatī | aparicchinnayā dṛṣṭyā yathā mṛtyurgatāyuṣam
അടുത്ത ദിവസവും ആ ശ്യേനൻ വന്ന് ആ ദമ്പതികളെ നോക്കി നിന്നു; അവന്റെ ഇമചലിക്കാത്ത ദൃഷ്ടി, ആയുസ്സ് തീർന്നവനിലേക്കുള്ള മരണദൃഷ്ടിപോലെ ആയിരുന്നു.
Narrator (within Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame)
Scene: A hawk returns the next day, perched or hovering, staring unblinkingly at the pigeon-couple; the gaze is likened to Death fixed upon one whose lifespan is exhausted—ominous stillness around a palace-like abode.
FAQs
It underscores mortality and inevitability—threats can return persistently, reminding beings to seek higher refuge and right conduct.
The broader narrative belongs to Kāśī-khaṇḍa (Vārāṇasī’s sacred domain), though this verse is descriptive rather than explicitly tīrtha-focused.
None.