Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 81
शुचिष्मत्यपि दुःखार्ता रुरोदातीव दुःसहम् । आर्तस्वरेण हारावैरत्यंत व्याकुलेद्रिया
śuciṣmatyapi duḥkhārtā rurodātīva duḥsaham | ārtasvareṇa hārāvairatyaṃta vyākuledriyā
शुचिष्मतीही दुःखाने पीडित होऊन असह्य रीतीने रडू लागली; आर्त स्वराने, इंद्रिये अत्यंत व्याकुळ होऊन, ती पुन्हा पुन्हा विलाप करू लागली।
Narrator (Skanda-to-Agastya context, deduced)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (traditional frame)
Scene: Śuciṣmatī’s grief breaks into repeated cries; her hair loosened, ornaments displaced, she weeps with a raw, distressed voice while the household stands stunned.
FAQs
The Purāṇa mirrors human suffering to teach detachment and the need for spiritual refuge amid life’s uncertainties.
The Kāśīkhaṇḍa context is Kāśī, but this verse is not a site-glorification passage.
None.