Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 49
भारवाह्यंतरं प्राप्य तस्य संभृतिमध्यतः । ताम्रसंपुटमादाय धनं ज्ञात्वा गृहं ययौ
bhāravāhyaṃtaraṃ prāpya tasya saṃbhṛtimadhyataḥ | tāmrasaṃpuṭamādāya dhanaṃ jñātvā gṛhaṃ yayau
Entrant dans le logis du porteur, du milieu des provisions il prit un coffret de cuivre ; comprenant qu’il contenait de l’argent, il s’en alla chez lui.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya
Scene: The porter slips into his quarters, stealthily opens the stored goods, takes a copper casket, realizes it holds money, and departs toward home.
FAQs
Adharma such as theft, even when hidden, sets in motion consequences that the Purāṇas portray as inescapable under karma.
Kāśī is the overarching sacred backdrop; this verse focuses on the moral incident within that setting.
None explicitly; it narrates the act of taking a money-containing copper casket.