Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 91
भवद्भिरपि नो भिक्षा परिप्राप्तेति गम्यते । किमत्र पुरि संवृत्तं द्वित्रा यात ममाज्ञया
bhavadbhirapi no bhikṣā pariprāpteti gamyate | kimatra puri saṃvṛttaṃ dvitrā yāta mamājñayā
«Il semble que vous non plus n’ayez reçu l’aumône. Qu’est-il donc advenu dans cette cité ? Par mon ordre, que deux ou trois d’entre vous aillent s’en enquérir.»
Vyāsa
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (frame assumed; not explicit in excerpt)
Scene: Vyāsa gestures decisively as two or three disciples set out into Kāśī’s streets, moving toward marketplaces and ghāṭas to learn why alms have stopped.
FAQs
Leadership in dharma includes careful inquiry and responsibility toward one’s community.
Kāśī/Vārāṇasī is the city in question, central to the Kāśī-māhātmya.
No ritual is prescribed; the verse narrates a practical step—sending disciples to learn the cause.