Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 56
हविषा प्रातरश्नीत हविषा सायमेव च । हविषा याचितं त्रींस्तु सोपवासस्त्रयहं वसेत्
haviṣā prātaraśnīta haviṣā sāyameva ca | haviṣā yācitaṃ trīṃstu sopavāsastrayahaṃ vaset
ليأكل الهَفِس (havis) صباحًا، ويأكل الهَفِس مساءً أيضًا؛ ولمدة ثلاثة أيام لا يتناول إلا هَفِسًا حصّله بالاستجداء، ثم مع الصيام يمكث ثلاثة أيام.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (general vrata context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A dvija-pilgrim with a begging bowl receives a small portion of havis from householders; later he sits in meditation near a shrine, indicating the transition from limited food to fasting.
FAQs
Purification is cultivated through simplicity, restraint, and humility (begging/limited food) within a timed discipline.
The regimen is taught in the Kāśī Khaṇḍa setting, where such disciplined living is aligned with Kāśī’s purifying ethos.
Eat havis morning and evening; for three days take begged havis only; then observe a further three days with fasting.