Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 31
अथ मध्येवरोधं स प्रविश्य निजमायया । दृष्टार्थमेव कथयन्स्त्रीणां विस्रंभभूरभूत्
atha madhyevarodhaṃ sa praviśya nijamāyayā | dṛṣṭārthameva kathayanstrīṇāṃ visraṃbhabhūrabhūt
फिर वह अपनी माया से स्त्रियों के अंतःपुर में प्रविष्ट हुआ; केवल ‘देखी-सुनी’ और युक्तिसंगत बातें कहता हुआ वह स्त्रियों के लिए विश्वास का आधार बन गया।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A disguised figure enters a secluded inner courtyard; women listen as he speaks confidently, gesturing as if citing ‘evidence.’ The atmosphere is intimate yet uneasy, with a sense of hidden danger behind polite conversation.
FAQs
Deceit gains entry by sounding ‘reasonable’; dharma requires careful discernment, especially where trust is easily won.
The larger Kāśī setting frames the episode; the verse itself is narrative and does not praise a named tīrtha.
None.