Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 93
विचार्यापि न जानीमो वद निर्वेदकारणम् । अद्य ते ह्यर्थचिंता नो क्वापमानः प्रसूर्गृहे
vicāryāpi na jānīmo vada nirvedakāraṇam | adya te hyarthaciṃtā no kvāpamānaḥ prasūrgṛhe
“Walau kami telah menimbang, kami tetap tidak mengetahui; katakan sebab kejenuhan dan vairagya-mu. Hari ini apakah yang merunsingkanmu? Adakah engkau dihina di rumah ibumu?”
Sages
Tirtha: Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dhruva
Scene: Sages lean forward, brows knit with concern, asking Dhruva the cause of his disillusionment and whether he suffered insult in his mother’s house.
FAQs
Wise guides diagnose suffering carefully; personal humiliation can become the turning point toward spiritual seeking.
None is named in this verse; the focus is on the moral-psychological cause leading the seeker toward sacred guidance.
None; it is an inquiry inviting truthful narration.