Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 70
चित्रं पुत्र त्वरयति यातुं मे मानसांडजः । सुधाधाराधर इव बहिश्चिरयति त्वयि
citraṃ putra tvarayati yātuṃ me mānasāṃḍajaḥ | sudhādhārādhara iva bahiścirayati tvayi
عجب بات ہے، اے بیٹے: میرا من سے جنما پرندہ اڑ جانے کو جلدی کرتا ہے؛ مگر امرت کی دھاریں اٹھائے بادل کی طرح، تیری خاطر باہر ہی ٹھہرا رہتا ہے۔
Sunīti (contextual attribution), within Skanda’s narration to Agastya (contextual attribution)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis
Scene: A poetic visualization: above the departing boy, a translucent bird formed of thought flutters forward, while a luminous nectar-bearing cloud hovers, reluctant to move away—symbolizing the mother’s mind lingering with the son.
FAQs
The verse portrays inner conflict: the spirit urges renunciation, yet love and duty create delay—showing how devotion matures through struggle.
No single tīrtha is specified in this verse; it belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative setting.
None; the focus is emotional and moral, not ritual instruction.