Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 67
न जाने त्वथ किं वृत्तं काहं क्वाहं स चाथ कः । तं निर्जिगमिषुं सख्यो यावद्धर्तुं प्रसारितः
na jāne tvatha kiṃ vṛttaṃ kāhaṃ kvāhaṃ sa cātha kaḥ | taṃ nirjigamiṣuṃ sakhyo yāvaddhartuṃ prasāritaḥ
แล้วข้าก็มิรู้ว่าเกิดสิ่งใดขึ้น—ข้าเป็นใคร อยู่ที่ใด แม้เขาเป็นใครก็ไม่รู้ ครั้นเขาจะจากไป โอ้สหายทั้งหลาย ข้าจึงเหยียดมือออกเพื่อรั้งเขาไว้ เพียงชั่วขณะหนึ่ง
Skanda (narrating within Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically to Agastya)
Listener: sakhyaḥ (female companions)
Scene: A woman, disoriented, reaching out with an extended hand as a figure turns to leave; her companions watch, concerned, in a corridor opening toward the river-city.
FAQs
Attachment can cause confusion and loss of self-possession; the text dramatizes the need for steadiness and clarity in devotion.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) is the overarching sacred landscape of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, even when the verse focuses on personal narrative.
None is directly prescribed here; it is a narrative moment emphasizing emotion and longing.