Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 65
इत्थं स श्येनसंप्रोक्तः पत्न्याप्युत्साहितः खगः । अयुध्यत्तेन श्येनेन स्वदुर्गद्वारमाश्रितः
itthaṃ sa śyenasaṃproktaḥ patnyāpyutsāhitaḥ khagaḥ | ayudhyattena śyenena svadurgadvāramāśritaḥ
یوں باز کی بات سن کر اور اپنی زوجہ کی ہمت افزائی سے بھی تقویت پا کر، وہ پرندہ اپنے قلعہ نما ٹھکانے کے دروازے کی پناہ لے کر اسی باز سے لڑ پڑا۔
Skanda (narrating)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: At the doorway of a nest-like fort/stronghold, the pigeon—now resolute—faces the hawk; the wife-bird stands slightly behind, wings lifted in encouragement, creating a tableau of courage born of counsel.
FAQs
Courage can be awakened through righteous counsel; taking refuge in one’s dharmic ‘stronghold’ and resisting injustice becomes an act of moral recovery.
No specific tirtha is named in this verse; it continues the illustrative moral narrative within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa.
None.