Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 92
इत्थं विलप्य बहुशो नयनांबुधारासंपातजात तटिनी शतमुत्तरंगम् । सा तोकशोकजनितानल तापतप्ता प्रोच्छ्वस्यदीर्घविपुलोष्णमहो शुशोष
itthaṃ vilapya bahuśo nayanāṃbudhārāsaṃpātajāta taṭinī śatamuttaraṃgam | sā tokaśokajanitānala tāpataptā procchvasyadīrghavipuloṣṇamaho śuśoṣa
Sa gayong pagdaing nang paulit-ulit, ibinuhos niya ang mga agos ng luha na naging tila daan-daang ilog na may umaalon na mga alon. Sinunog ng init ng apoy na isinilang sa dalamhati para sa anak, huminga siya ng mahahaba, mabibigat, nag-aapoy na buntong-hininga—at, ay, unti-unting nalanta.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrative voice)
Tirtha: Gaṅgā in Kāśī (ghāṭa-snāna context)
Type: ghat
Scene: A woman collapses in prolonged lament; torrents of tears flow like many rivers with waves; heat-haze rises from the ‘fire of grief’ as she exhales long, scorching sighs and visibly withers.
FAQs
Unchecked grief consumes the body and mind, underscoring the Purāṇic call to seek steadiness through dharma and divine refuge.
No site is named in this verse; the broader Kāśī Khaṇḍa narrative remains oriented to Kāśī’s salvific greatness.
None.
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