Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 68
स्वपंत्यास्त्वेकदाऽदाय दुरोदरिकरेऽर्पयत् । एकदा गच्छता राजभवनान्निजमुद्रिका
svapaṃtyāstvekadā'dāya durodarikare'rpayat | ekadā gacchatā rājabhavanānnijamudrikā
တစ်ခါတုန်းက သူမအိပ်နေစဉ် လက်စွပ်ကိုယူပြီး လောင်းကစားသမား၏ လက်ထဲသို့ ထည့်ပေးခဲ့သည်။ နောက်တစ်ခါ ရာဇဝင်နန်းတော်သို့ သွားရာတွင်လည်း မိမိ၏ တံဆိပ်လက်စွပ်ကို ဆောင်ယူသွားခဲ့သည်။
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Audience within Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame (not specified)
Scene: Night scene: the mother asleep; the son stealthily removes a ring and later places it into a gambler’s hand; a second vignette shows him heading toward the royal palace with his signet-ring, hinting at impending exposure.
FAQs
Vice leads to stealth and betrayal of trust—one harms even one’s own household to feed addiction.
The episode is situated within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī-māhātmya framework, though the verse itself focuses on conduct rather than a named tīrtha.
None; it narrates misconduct (taking property while someone sleeps) and its social consequences.