Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 32
अन्येद्युरप्यथायातः श्येनो पश्यत्स दंपती । अपरिच्छिन्नया दृष्ट्या यथा मृत्युर्गतायुषम्
anyedyurapyathāyātaḥ śyeno paśyatsa daṃpatī | aparicchinnayā dṛṣṭyā yathā mṛtyurgatāyuṣam
اگلے دن بھی وہ باز آیا اور اس جوڑے کو دیکھتا رہا؛ اس کی بے پلک نگاہ ان پر یوں جمی تھی جیسے موت اس پر جمتی ہے جس کی عمر پوری ہو چکی ہو۔
Narrator (within Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame)
Scene: A hawk returns the next day, perched or hovering, staring unblinkingly at the pigeon-couple; the gaze is likened to Death fixed upon one whose lifespan is exhausted—ominous stillness around a palace-like abode.
FAQs
It underscores mortality and inevitability—threats can return persistently, reminding beings to seek higher refuge and right conduct.
The broader narrative belongs to Kāśī-khaṇḍa (Vārāṇasī’s sacred domain), though this verse is descriptive rather than explicitly tīrtha-focused.
None.