Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 65
अपश्यंत्यंकुरमपि संततेः स्वर्गसाधनम् । विज्ञाय शंकंरं कांतं प्रणिपत्य व्यजिज्ञपत्
apaśyaṃtyaṃkuramapi saṃtateḥ svargasādhanam | vijñāya śaṃkaṃraṃ kāṃtaṃ praṇipatya vyajijñapat
اولاد کی—جو جنت کا وسیلہ سمجھی جاتی ہے—ذرا سی کونپل بھی نہ دیکھ کر، اس نے اپنے محبوب شنکر شوہر کو جان کر، سجدۂ ادب کیا اور اپنی درخواست عرض کی۔
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śuciṣmatī, sorrowful yet composed, bows at her husband Śaṅkara’s feet, hands folded, expressing her longing for a child; the setting suggests a pious household near Kāśī’s sacred atmosphere.
FAQs
Household concerns are framed through dharma: progeny is viewed as continuity of duty and sacred obligation.
The Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s broader setting is Kāśī; the story unfolds within that sacral landscape.
No explicit rite is stated; the verse sets up a petition/request connected with the desire for progeny.