Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 32
हृष्टाहृष्टेविषण्णास्या विषण्णास्ये प्रिये सदा । एकरूपा भवेत्पुण्या संपत्सु च विपत्सु च
hṛṣṭāhṛṣṭeviṣaṇṇāsyā viṣaṇṇāsye priye sadā | ekarūpā bhavetpuṇyā saṃpatsu ca vipatsu ca
جب محبوب خوش ہو تو وہ خوش رہے، اور جب محبوب غمگین ہو تو وہ بھی غمگین رہے۔ نیک بخت عورت خوش حالی اور بدحالی دونوں میں یکساں مزاج، ثابت قدم رہتی ہے۔
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A couple receiving alternating news—prosperity and hardship—while the wife remains composed, supportive, and steady; background suggests Kāśī’s ghats with lamps at dusk, symbolizing constancy.
FAQs
It praises steadiness and shared emotional responsibility as a form of dharmic equanimity.
Kāśī is the sacred frame of the discourse; the verse itself is ethical guidance rather than a tīrtha-stuti.
None; it prescribes inner discipline—constancy through changing circumstances.