Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 98
पत्रभोजी भवेदूर्जे कांस्यं त्याज्यं प्रयत्नतः । यो व्रती कांस्यभोजी स्यान्न तद्व्रतफलं लभेत्
patrabhojī bhavedūrje kāṃsyaṃ tyājyaṃ prayatnataḥ | yo vratī kāṃsyabhojī syānna tadvrataphalaṃ labhet
ऊर्ज (कार्तिक) मध्ये पानावर भोजन करावे आणि कांस्यपात्राचा प्रयत्नपूर्वक त्याग करावा। जो व्रती कांस्यात भोजन करील, त्याला त्या व्रताचे फळ मिळत नाही।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Ūrja/Kārtika-vrata (Kāśī context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A Kārtika votary in Kāśī eats a simple meal from a leaf-plate while a bronze vessel is set aside, indicating careful adherence to niyamas; nearby, a small shrine lamp burns.
FAQs
Vows are upheld by careful observance of purity-codes; negligence in prescribed restraints weakens the vow’s fruit.
The instruction is embedded in the Kāśī Khaṇḍa (Kashi) but addresses Ūrja-vrata conduct rather than a named tirtha.
Eat from leaf-plates and avoid using bronze (kāṃsya) vessels during Ūrja/Kārtika.