Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 65
इत्थं स श्येनसंप्रोक्तः पत्न्याप्युत्साहितः खगः । अयुध्यत्तेन श्येनेन स्वदुर्गद्वारमाश्रितः
itthaṃ sa śyenasaṃproktaḥ patnyāpyutsāhitaḥ khagaḥ | ayudhyattena śyenena svadurgadvāramāśritaḥ
ဤသို့ လင်းယုန်၏ စကားကြောင့်လည်း၊ ဇနီး၏ အားပေးမှုကြောင့်လည်း စိတ်အားတက်ကြွလာသော ထိုငှက်သည် မိမိ၏ ခိုင်ခံ့ရာအိမ်တံခါးဝ၌ ခိုလှုံကာ လင်းယုန်နှင့် တိုက်ခိုက်하였다။
Skanda (narrating)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: At the doorway of a nest-like fort/stronghold, the pigeon—now resolute—faces the hawk; the wife-bird stands slightly behind, wings lifted in encouragement, creating a tableau of courage born of counsel.
FAQs
Courage can be awakened through righteous counsel; taking refuge in one’s dharmic ‘stronghold’ and resisting injustice becomes an act of moral recovery.
No specific tirtha is named in this verse; it continues the illustrative moral narrative within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa.
None.