Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 79
वालिशेष्वसहायेषु भवेद्भाग्यं सहायकृत् । अरण्यान्यां रणे गेहे ततो भाग्यं हि कारणम्
vāliśeṣvasahāyeṣu bhavedbhāgyaṃ sahāyakṛt | araṇyānyāṃ raṇe gehe tato bhāgyaṃ hi kāraṇam
إذا لم يبقَ للمرء إلا القليل ولا مُعين له البتّة، صارت الحظوةُ (bhāgya) هي المعين. في البرية، وفي ساحة القتال، وفي البيت—فإن الحظوة حقًّا هي السبب الحاسم.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa typically Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A lone traveler with torn garments and a small bundle stands at a crossroads: one path to a dark forest, one to a battlefield with distant banners, one to a household doorway—above, an unseen hand of ‘Bhāgya’ guides like a protective presence.
FAQs
In crisis—whether external or domestic—Daiva/Bhāgya can become the unseen support; humility and dharmic steadiness are implied.
The verse is a general dharmic maxim within the Kāśī narrative context; it does not name a specific tīrtha in this line.
None explicitly; it is a doctrinal statement about causality (bhāgya/daiva).