Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 67
स च तद्भयतो गेहात्काकभीतदिवांधवत् । न निःसरेत्क्वचिदपि लज्जाकृति नतास्यकः
sa ca tadbhayato gehātkākabhītadivāṃdhavat | na niḥsaretkvacidapi lajjākṛti natāsyakaḥ
ಅವರ ಭಯದಿಂದ ಅವನು ಮನೆಯಿಂದ ಎಲ್ಲಿಗೂ ಹೊರಬರಲಿಲ್ಲ—ಕಾಗೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಹೆದರಿದ ಅಂಧನಂತೆ; ಲಜ್ಜೆಯಿಂದ ಮುಖ ತಗ್ಗಿಸಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದನು.
Narrator
Tirtha: Kāśī (residential quarters within Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Inside a dim house, the man stays hidden, head bowed, face lowered; the simile ‘like a blind man afraid of crows’ is visualized by shadowy crow silhouettes outside and a barred doorway; the mood is claustrophobic and tender.
FAQs
Humiliation inflicted on others produces fear and shame; dharma in the sacred city calls for compassion rather than contempt.
Kāśī, as the narrative backdrop where the moral and spiritual standards of society are examined.
None; the verse is descriptive, emphasizing the human consequence of adharma (public shaming).