Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 20
सुखलक्ष्म्यैवचाज्ञासीद्ध्रुवं समवमानितम् । अभिसृत्य च तं बालं मूर्ध्न्युपाघ्राय सा सकृत्
sukhalakṣmyaivacājñāsīddhruvaṃ samavamānitam | abhisṛtya ca taṃ bālaṃ mūrdhnyupāghrāya sā sakṛt
त्याच्या सुख-तेजातील क्षय पाहून तिला कळले की ध्रुवाचा अपमान झाला आहे. ती धावून त्या बाळाजवळ गेली आणि एकदा त्याच्या मस्तकाचा चुंबन (मूर्धा घ्राण) केला।
Skanda (narrating to Agastya, per Kāśīkhaṇḍa convention)
Scene: Sunīti notices Dhruva’s diminished happiness and radiance; she rushes to him and kisses/smells the crown of his head in a single, consoling gesture.
FAQs
True care recognizes suffering without being told and responds with compassion before judgment.
Kāśī is the textual setting of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, but no particular tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
None; it depicts maternal affection and recognition of dishonor.