Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 58
लोकानां व्यवहारोयमालिप्रोक्तप्रसंगतः । परं मनोरथावाप्तिस्तव या सैव नः स्फुटम्
lokānāṃ vyavahāroyamāliproktaprasaṃgataḥ | paraṃ manorathāvāptistava yā saiva naḥ sphuṭam
இது உலக வழக்கம்; தோழியரின் உரையாடல் ஓட்டத்தில் எழுந்தது; ஆனால் உன் மனோரத நிறைவேற்றமே—அதுவே எங்களுக்கு தெளிவாகத் தெரிகிறது।
Narrative voices within Kāśīkhaṇḍa (companions speaking in context)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Internal companions
Scene: Companions acknowledging that much of their talk is mere social custom; the camera-like focus shifts to one person’s wish being fulfilled, while others observe with lucid restraint.
FAQs
It contrasts ordinary social chatter with the deeper, decisive reality of a wish being fulfilled—hinting at providential unfolding.
Indirectly Kāśī; the immediate verses lead into Ratneśvara-liṅga darśana in Kāśī.
None in this verse.