Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 53
ख्यातः स्याद्येन विधिना सर्वत्र विधिपावनम् । नाकार्षीन्निर्गमं चास्य चतुर्थे मासि मंदधीः
khyātaḥ syādyena vidhinā sarvatra vidhipāvanam | nākārṣīnnirgamaṃ cāsya caturthe māsi maṃdadhīḥ
Durch das vorgeschriebene Verfahren, durch das man überall nach der Ordnung gefestigt und gereinigt wird, vollzog sein schwerfälliger Hüter nicht einmal im vierten Monat das ‘Hinausgehen’-Ritual des Kindes.
Citragupta
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (typical frame; not explicit here)
Scene: A household scene in Kāśī: an infant kept indoors while elders debate rites; the ‘fourth-month going-out’ (niṣkramaṇa) is conspicuously absent, creating a mood of omission and foreboding.
FAQs
Ritual order (vidhi) is portrayed as purificatory; neglecting it is treated as a moral lapse.
None is named; the verse is part of a karmic-judgment episode within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa.
The fourth-month ‘going-out’ rite (niṣkramaṇa/nirgama) is referenced as not having been performed.