Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 24
व्यतीते वासरे योयं भूकंपः समपद्यत । कंपं जनयतेऽतीव हृदो मेपि पुरौकसः
vyatīte vāsare yoyaṃ bhūkaṃpaḥ samapadyata | kaṃpaṃ janayate'tīva hṛdo mepi puraukasaḥ
گزشتہ دن جو زلزلہ آیا تھا، وہ اب بھی میرے دل کو بہت زیادہ لرزا دیتا ہے، اے شہر کے رہنے والے۔
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: puraukas (city-dweller) addressed in verse
Scene: Kāśī lanes and ghats shaking; lamps sway; people clutch pillars; a narrator’s face shows lingering tremor; dust rises near temple spires while the Gaṅgā flows steadily.
FAQs
Natural upheavals are framed as moral wake-up calls: cultivate steadiness, prayer, and dhārmic action in communal life.
Kāśī, the sacred city where even calamities are interpreted through a dharma-and-mahatmya lens.
None explicitly in this verse.