Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 69
यदायदा बहिर्यासि पुत्र त्रिचतुरं पदम् । तदातदा मम प्राणः कंठप्राघुणिकी भवेत्
yadāyadā bahiryāsi putra tricaturaṃ padam | tadātadā mama prāṇaḥ kaṃṭhaprāghuṇikī bhavet
جب جب تو باہر نکلتا ہے، اے بیٹے، تین چار قدم ہی سہی؛ اسی لمحے میرا سانسِ حیات میرے گلے میں ٹھہرا ہوا مہمان بن جاتا ہے—روانہ ہونے کو تیار۔
Sunīti (Dhruva’s mother), within Skanda’s narration to Agastya (contextual attribution)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (standard Naimiṣāraṇya frame)
Scene: A mother watches her son step out; her hand reaches after him as her breath seems caught at the throat, eyes wide with fear of separation; the doorway frames the threshold between home and tapas-journey.
FAQs
True tapas often demands separation and courage; the verse highlights a mother’s intense love while implying the higher call of spiritual resolve.
This verse is within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa framework, but the specific tīrtha is not named in the line itself.
No explicit ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is prescribed in this verse.