Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 10
मनसातीवलोलोऽभूत्काशीदर्शनलालसः । सहस्रचरणोप्यैच्छत्तदा खे नैकपादताम्
manasātīvalolo'bhūtkāśīdarśanalālasaḥ | sahasracaraṇopyaicchattadā khe naikapādatām
کاشی کے دیدار کی آرزو میں اس کا دل بے حد بے قرار ہو گیا؛ ہزار قدموں والا ہوتے ہوئے بھی اس نے اُس وقت آسمان میں ایک ہی قدم والی حالت چاہی، تاکہ اور تیز جا سکے۔
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame: Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: Sūrya, burning with eagerness to see Kāśī, becomes mentally restless and seeks a swifter mode—symbolically desiring ‘one-footedness’ in the sky to go faster.
FAQs
Yearning for darśana of a sacred place is itself portrayed as a powerful devotional impulse that hastens one toward dharma.
Kāśī, whose very sight (darśana) is presented as so desirable that even Sūrya hastens toward it.
None; the verse highlights bhāva (inner longing) for Kāśī-darśana rather than an external rite.