Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 19
आतायियूकगृध्राद्यैः पुरीमुपरिचारिभिः । सूच्यतेत्याहितं किंचिद्ध्रुवमत्र निवासिनाम्
ātāyiyūkagṛdhrādyaiḥ purīmuparicāribhiḥ | sūcyatetyāhitaṃ kiṃciddhruvamatra nivāsinām
जब नगर में डाकू, जूँ, गिद्ध आदि का अधिक संचार हो, तब यह संकेत है कि वहाँ रहने वालों को कोई अनिष्ट अवश्य होने वाला है।
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Streets of Kāśī with ominous presence: robbers lurking, people scratching from lice infestation, vultures circling rooftops and cremation-adjacent spaces; anxious residents looking upward and around.
FAQs
When adharma spreads (violence, impurity, scavengers), it becomes a visible omen; governance and personal conduct must return to dharma.
Kāśī as the sacred civic space where even social signs are read as dharmic indicators.
No specific rite; the verse is diagnostic, pointing to impending harm.