Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 31
अथ मध्येवरोधं स प्रविश्य निजमायया । दृष्टार्थमेव कथयन्स्त्रीणां विस्रंभभूरभूत्
atha madhyevarodhaṃ sa praviśya nijamāyayā | dṛṣṭārthameva kathayanstrīṇāṃ visraṃbhabhūrabhūt
ထို့နောက် သူသည် မိမိ၏ မာယာဖြင့် မိန်းမတို့၏ အတွင်းခန်းဝင်ရောက်လေ၏။ “မြင်တွေ့ထားသည့်အချက်များ” သာကို ယုတ္တိတန်စွာ ပြောဆိုနေသဖြင့် မိန်းမတို့အတွက် ယုံကြည်ရာ အခြေခံတစ်ခု ဖြစ်လာ၏။
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A disguised figure enters a secluded inner courtyard; women listen as he speaks confidently, gesturing as if citing ‘evidence.’ The atmosphere is intimate yet uneasy, with a sense of hidden danger behind polite conversation.
FAQs
Deceit gains entry by sounding ‘reasonable’; dharma requires careful discernment, especially where trust is easily won.
The larger Kāśī setting frames the episode; the verse itself is narrative and does not praise a named tīrtha.
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