Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 93
आकर्ण्य तत्करुणवत्परिदेवितानि तानि द्रुमा व्रततयः कुसुमाश्रुपातैः । प्रायो रुदंति पततां विरुतार्तरावैरालोल्यमौलिमसकृत्पवनच्छलेन
ākarṇya tatkaruṇavatparidevitāni tāni drumā vratatayaḥ kusumāśrupātaiḥ | prāyo rudaṃti patatāṃ virutārtarāvairālolyamaulimasakṛtpavanacchalena
Mendengar ratapan yang penuh belas kasihan itu, pepohon—bagaikan pertapa yang teguh berbrata—seakan menangis dengan hujan bunga sebagai air mata. Kebanyakannya merintih dengan pekik pilu burung yang jatuh, dan pucuk-pucuknya bergoyang berkali-kali seolah-olah dengan alasan hembusan angin.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrative voice)
Tirtha: Kāśī-vana/ghāṭa-parisara (implied sacred grove)
Type: ghat
Scene: Trees stand like vow-bound ascetics; blossoms fall like tears; birds cry in distress as if sharing the lament; treetops sway repeatedly, ‘blaming the wind’ for their grief.
FAQs
It depicts cosmic sympathy: even nature mirrors human sorrow, intensifying the moral-emotional ground for turning toward sacred consolation.
Not directly; it remains part of the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s larger praise of Kāśī’s sacred atmosphere.
None.