Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 56
मन्देहदेहसंदेहादुदयैकदयाश्रितः । निषधो नौषधिधरोऽप्यस्तोप्यस्तमितप्रभः
mandehadehasaṃdehādudayaikadayāśritaḥ | niṣadho nauṣadhidharo'pyastopyastamitaprabhaḥ
मन्देहांच्या देहसमूहाच्या छायेमुळे ज्याची प्रभा झाकोळली जाते आणि जो उदयत्या सूर्याच्या एकमेव दयेवर अवलंबून आहे—तो निषध, महान औषधी धारण करूनही, तेजाने क्षीण होतो.
Vindhya
Tirtha: Niṣadha (as a famed mountain, not a Kāśī tīrtha)
Type: peak
Listener: Nārada (within the episode) and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (frame)
Scene: A darkened mountain with glowing medicinal herbs on its slopes, partially veiled by shadowy Mandeha forms; a rising sun sends a single beam of mercy to restore some light.
FAQs
Even genuine qualities can be eclipsed when one is entangled in obstructing company—purity of association preserves brilliance.
No tirtha is named; it is part of a cosmological comparison used to frame moral instruction.
None.