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
Par la procédure prescrite, grâce à laquelle on est dûment établi et purifié par la règle en tout lieu, son gardien à l’esprit obtus n’accomplit même pas, au quatrième mois, le rite de la « sortie » de l’enfant.
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.