Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 66
यदंग निद्रासिचिरं ध्यायंत्यस्मि तदेत्यहम् । कदा निद्रा दरिद्रोसौ भवितार्कोदयेऽब्जवत्
yadaṃga nidrāsiciraṃ dhyāyaṃtyasmi tadetyaham | kadā nidrā daridrosau bhavitārkodaye'bjavat
प्रिये! तू झोपलेली असताना मी दीर्घकाळ फक्त तुझाच ध्यास घेतो. ही दरिद्री झोप सूर्योदयाच्या कमळासारखी कधी नाहीशी होईल?
Unspecified in excerpt (likely a mother addressing her child within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative frame)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A lover sits awake beside a sleeping beloved, eyes fixed, mind absorbed; outside, the first light of dawn touches lotus buds, symbolizing the hoped-for end of sleep and the rise of longing.
FAQs
It dramatizes longing and wakeful attentiveness—emotions that purāṇic storytelling uses to intensify moral reflection and devotion.
No specific site is named; the chapter belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa framework.
None.