Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 44
संपत्स्यंतेऽद्य ते कामाः सर्वे ये चिरचिंतिताः । अबला सा च मुग्धा च तस्यास्त्राता न कश्चन
saṃpatsyaṃte'dya te kāmāḥ sarve ye ciraciṃtitāḥ | abalā sā ca mugdhā ca tasyāstrātā na kaścana
آج تیری وہ سب آرزوئیں پوری ہوں گی جنہیں تُو مدت سے دل میں بسائے تھا۔ وہ بے بس اور معصوم ہے، اور اس کی حفاظت کرنے والا کوئی بھی نہیں۔
A female messenger (dūtī) addressing the demon-king (daityapati)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A villain is told his long-held desires will be fulfilled because the target is helpless and unprotected; the scene is charged with pathos and impending divine justice.
FAQs
The verse dramatizes adharma: exploiting the unprotected is condemned; dharma demands protection of the vulnerable.
Kāśī is the overarching sacred landscape of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though no particular tīrtha is specified in this line.
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