Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 69
गृहीतयष्टिः कृच्छ्रेण संचचाल सलोष्टिका । पत्तनेष्वपि सर्वेषु याचमाना दिनेदिने
gṛhītayaṣṭiḥ kṛcchreṇa saṃcacāla saloṣṭikā | pattaneṣvapi sarveṣu yācamānā dinedine
ਲਾਠੀ ਫੜ ਕੇ ਉਹ ਬੜੀ ਮੁਸ਼ਕਲ ਨਾਲ ਤੁਰਦੀ, ਆਪਣੀ ਛੋਟੀ ਗਠੜੀ ਨਾਲ। ਹਰ ਪੱਤਨ ਤੇ ਹਰ ਨਗਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਦਿਨੋਂਦਿਨ ਭਿਖਿਆ ਮੰਗਦੀ ਫਿਰਦੀ।
Narrator (context not specified in snippet; likely the Purāṇic narrator in Brahmakhaṇḍa)
Scene: अन्धा स्त्री दण्डं गृहीत्वा कृच्छ्रेण चलति; कक्षे लघु-पोटली; नगर-द्वाराणि, बाजार-मार्गाः; हस्तं प्रसार्य याचते; धूलि-मार्गे पदचिह्नानि।
FAQs
Human life without support becomes a harsh journey; the implied dharma is to give charity and protection to the destitute.
No specific site is named; the verse speaks generally of towns and wandering.
No explicit rite; the ethical subtext supports dāna (charity) though it is not directly commanded.