Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 46
धृतायामपि चैकस्यां कस्ते कामो भविष्यति । अहं ते सन्निधिं नैव त्यक्ष्याम्यद्य दिनावधि
dhṛtāyāmapi caikasyāṃ kaste kāmo bhaviṣyati | ahaṃ te sannidhiṃ naiva tyakṣyāmyadya dināvadhi
တစ်ယောက်တည်းကိုပင် ဖမ်းဆီးထားလျှင် သင်၏ ဆန္ဒမည်သို့ ကျန်တော့မည်နည်း။ ယနေ့ နေ့ကုန်အထိ သင်၏အနီးအနားမှ ကျွန်မ လုံးဝ မခွာမည်။
A female messenger (dūtī) addressing the demon-king (daityapati)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A figure declares he will not leave the antagonist’s side until day’s end, pressing the logic of possession; the scene feels like a closing trap before a sudden turn.
FAQs
Desire is portrayed as insatiable and self-justifying; dharma literature uses such scenes to warn against being ruled by kāma.
Kāśī is the overarching sacred setting, but no particular tīrtha is named.
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