Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 43
जैवातृकी यतोह्नः स्याद्दूरीभूता दृशोर्मम । अहो जैवातृकी ज्योत्स्ना ततोह्नोति दुनोति माम्
jaivātṛkī yatohnaḥ syāddūrībhūtā dṛśormama | aho jaivātṛkī jyotsnā tatohnoti dunoti mām
جب میری آنکھوں سے جَیوَاتْرِکی چاندنی دور ہو جاتی ہے تو یوں لگتا ہے گویا دن نکل آیا ہو۔ ہائے—یہی ماہتابی روشنی اپنے چلے جانے سے دن کو تپش بنا دیتی ہے اور مجھے جلاتی، ستاتی ہے۔
Skanda (contextual attribution: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-ghāṭa ambience (implied)
Type: ghat
Listener: Agastya
Scene: Moonlight fading from Śiva’s eyes; the environment shifts from cool silver to harsh golden daylight tones, symbolizing inner burning caused by absence.
FAQs
Separation transforms perception: what once soothed (moonlight) becomes a cause of pain when it is absent—devotion reshapes experience.
The verse sits within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa narrative world; it does not explicitly name a particular tīrtha.
None; it is an emotive, poetic description supporting the narrative mood.