Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 53
भारवाडप्यरण्यान्यां ताम्रसंपुटमध्यतः । दृष्ट्वास्थीनि विनिःश्वस्य तानि त्यक्त्वा गृहं ययौ
bhāravāḍapyaraṇyānyāṃ tāmrasaṃpuṭamadhyataḥ | dṛṣṭvāsthīni viniḥśvasya tāni tyaktvā gṛhaṃ yayau
Im Wald öffnete auch der Träger das kupferne Kästchen und sah darin Gebeine. Tief seufzend warf er sie fort und ging nach Hause zurück.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Scene: A porter in a desolate forest opens a copper casket; inside are bones. He exhales in despair and throws them away before walking off alone.
FAQs
Greed often ends in disappointment; Purāṇic stories portray how ill-gotten gains can become worthless and spiritually degrading.
No specific tīrtha is named; the episode supports the broader Kāśī Māhātmya narrative context.
None; it narrates the discovery of bones in the casket and the porter’s reaction.