Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 69
निरुद्ध्यमान चक्रेण चक्रीक्रेंकितभाषणैः । वदतीति किमत्रापि कामिता कामिनां वर
niruddhyamāna cakreṇa cakrīkreṃkitabhāṣaṇaiḥ | vadatīti kimatrāpi kāmitā kāmināṃ vara
‘پہیہ سے روکا گیا ہو تب بھی چکروَاک پرندہ اپنی چرچراتی پکار سے بول اٹھتا ہے—تو پھر یہاں، اے عاشقوں میں برتر، اس کے بارے میں کیا کہا جائے جو اہلِ ہوس کی چاہت کا مرکز ہو؟’
Skanda (deduced; poetic narration)
Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī (narrative landscape)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Muni (frame) and rhetorically a ‘best of lovers’ within the poetic address
Scene: A cakravāka bird near a waterwheel or circular mechanism (suggested by ‘cakra’) cries out with creaking calls despite being held back; the narrator addresses a ‘best of lovers’, turning the scene into a romantic-philosophical analogy.
FAQs
Even under restraint, intense impulses express themselves—hinting at the need for higher discipline and sacred orientation.
Not a named tīrtha; it supports the Kāśī setting by portraying extraordinary behavior within the sacred region.
None; it is a poetic, reflective statement within the narrative.