Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 65
इत्थं तस्य महीजानेः सर्वत्र शुचिवर्तिनः । उन्मिषंतोप्यनिमिषा मनाक्छिद्रं न लेभिरे
itthaṃ tasya mahījāneḥ sarvatra śucivartinaḥ | unmiṣaṃtopyanimiṣā manākchidraṃ na lebhire
ಹೀಗೆ ಆ ಭೂಮಿಜ ರಾಜನ ಸುತ್ತ ಎಲ್ಲೆಡೆ ಶುದ್ಧಾಚಾರದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂಚರಿಸುವ ಜಾಗರೂಕ ರಕ್ಷಕರು, ಕಣ್ಣು ಮಿಟುಕಿಸಿದರೂ ಅನಿಮೇಷರಂತೆ ಎಚ್ಚರದಿಂದಿದ್ದು, ಅಲ್ಪಮಾತ್ರವೂ ಚಿದ್ರವನ್ನಾಗಲಿ ಅವಕಾಶವನ್ನಾಗಲಿ ಪಡೆಯಲಿಲ್ಲ।
Skanda (deduced Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue framework)
Scene: A ring of vigilant, pure-conduct guardians encircling an earth-born king; their eyes wide and alert, scanning for the tiniest breach, creating a tense, sealed perimeter.
FAQs
A dhārmic ruler leaves no ‘gap’ for adharma; purity of conduct itself becomes an impenetrable protection.
The broader Kāśī-khaṇḍa setting frames the episode within the sacred field of Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), even when the verse itself is not naming a single tirtha.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on śuci (purity) and vigilant dhārmic order.