Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 83
त्वदेकपुत्रां हापुत्रकोऽत्र मां त्रायते पुरा । त्वदृते त्वद्गुणोर्म्याढ्ये पतितां शोकसागरे
tvadekaputrāṃ hāputrako'tra māṃ trāyate purā | tvadṛte tvadguṇormyāḍhye patitāṃ śokasāgare
“ہائے میرے بیٹے! یہاں میری حفاظت کون کرے گا، جب تو ہی میرا اکلوتا بیٹا ہے؟ تیرے بغیر، اے اوصاف کی موجوں سے بھرپور، میں غم کے سمندر میں ڈوب گئی ہوں۔”
Śuciṣmatī (deduced from immediate context)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (traditional frame)
Scene: Śuciṣmatī, exhausted from crying, speaks of being unprotected without her only son; behind her, a symbolic dark ‘ocean’ motif rises, while a distant temple spire hints at refuge.
FAQs
Worldly reliance is uncertain; the Purāṇa uses grief to point toward steadiness, faith, and dharmic refuge.
Kāśī is the broader sacred setting of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, but this verse is not directly a site-glorification.
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