Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 76
सख्य ऊचुः । यस्य ग्रामो न नो नाम नान्वयो नापि बुध्यते । स कथं प्राप्यते भद्रे क उपायो विधीयताम्
sakhya ūcuḥ | yasya grāmo na no nāma nānvayo nāpi budhyate | sa kathaṃ prāpyate bhadre ka upāyo vidhīyatām
सख्या म्हणाल्या—हे भद्रे! त्याचे गाव आम्हांस माहीत नाही, नावही नाही, वंशपरंपराही कळत नाही. मग तो कसा प्राप्त होईल? कृपा करून उपाय सांगावा।
Sakhyaḥ (the friends/companions)
Scene: A circle of concerned friends in a Kāśī courtyard, speaking urgently; the heroine sits troubled, the city’s temple spires faintly visible in the background.
FAQs
When ordinary identifiers fail, one should seek a proper upāya (right means) through wise counsel rather than acting blindly.
The broader setting is Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though this verse itself is a narrative question rather than direct tīrtha-praise.
None explicitly; the verse asks for a method (upāya) to be prescribed.