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
ദേവീ, അവിടെ നിന്റെ സഹോദരിമാരും തങ്ങളുടെ ഭർത്താക്കളോടുകൂടെ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു. അവരുടെ ഗൗരവം കണ്ടിട്ട് ഞാൻ ഒന്നും പറയാൻ ധൈര്യമില്ല।
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.