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
ਸਖੀਆਂ ਬੋਲੀਆਂ: “ਹੇ ਭਦ੍ਰੇ! ਨ ਅਸੀਂ ਉਸ ਦਾ ਪਿੰਡ ਜਾਣਦੇ ਹਾਂ, ਨ ਨਾਮ, ਨ ਹੀ ਵੰਸ਼-ਪਰੰਪਰਾ। ਫਿਰ ਉਹ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਮਿਲ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ? ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਕੋਈ ਉਪਾਯ ਦੱਸੋ।”
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.