Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 46
तस्यांतिकमहं प्राप्तः क्षुधया परिपीडितः । प्रसह्य भक्षयाम्येनमिति मत्वा त्वरान्वितः
tasyāṃtikamahaṃ prāptaḥ kṣudhayā paripīḍitaḥ | prasahya bhakṣayāmyenamiti matvā tvarānvitaḥ
بھوک سے ستایا ہوا میں اس کے قریب لپکا؛ اور دل میں یہ ٹھان کر کہ ‘میں اسے زور سے قابو کر کے نگل جاؤں گا’ میں تیزی سے آگے بڑھا۔
Preta (departed spirit), narrating his impulse (deduced)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: muni (sage)
Scene: A tense close-up: the hungry figure lunges toward the mendicant, hands outstretched; the mendicant remains composed, lips about to speak; background shows a Kāśī ghat wall and a glimpse of Gaṅgā.
FAQs
Unchecked hunger and craving can drive one to grave sin, setting the stage for either deeper bondage or a turning point through divine intervention.
The larger glorified field is Kāśī in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa; this verse focuses on a moral crisis rather than a named tīrtha.
None; the verse narrates an inner impulse and action.