Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 14
शून्यं दरिद्रहृदिव जीर्णारण्यमिवाथवा । पांथवत्प्रांतरमिव खिन्नोऽतीवानपत्यवान्
śūnyaṃ daridrahṛdiva jīrṇāraṇyamivāthavā | pāṃthavatprāṃtaramiva khinno'tīvānapatyavān
Para quem não tinha filho, tudo parecia vazio: como o coração do pobre, como uma floresta gasta pelo tempo, como um ermo solitário para o viajante; assim ficou profundamente abatido.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Triptych-like allegory: (1) a poor man clutching his chest, (2) a withered, aged forest, (3) a lone traveler in a barren expanse—each reflecting the childless man’s inner emptiness.
FAQs
It highlights the human and dharmic longing for household completeness, using vivid similes to show how absence of offspring intensifies suffering.
Kāśī is the overarching sacred frame of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, but this verse itself does not name a particular tirtha.
None stated; it is narrative description.