Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 92
द्वितीयेह्न्यपि यद्भिक्षा न लभ्येतातियत्नतः । अनिष्टं किंचिदत्रासीन्महागुरुनिपातजम्
dvitīyehnyapi yadbhikṣā na labhyetātiyatnataḥ | aniṣṭaṃ kiṃcidatrāsīnmahāgurunipātajam
“ਜੇ ਦੂਜੇ ਦਿਨ ਵੀ ਬਹੁਤ ਜਤਨ ਕਰਨ ਤੇ ਭਿੱਖਿਆ ਨਾ ਮਿਲੇ, ਤਾਂ ਨਿਸ਼ਚੇ ਹੀ ਇੱਥੇ ਕੋਈ ਅਨਿਸ਼ਟ ਵਾਪਰਿਆ ਹੈ—ਕਿਸੇ ਮਹਾਨ ਗੁਰੂ-ਵਰਗ ਦੇ ਪਤਨ ਤੋਂ ਉੱਠਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ।”
Vyāsa (continuing his reasoning within the narrative)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (frame assumed; not explicit in excerpt)
Scene: Vyāsa, grave and alert, interprets the second day of failed alms as an ominous sign—hinting at a great elder’s fall—while disciples listen anxiously in a dim āśrama setting.
FAQs
Persistent disruption in dharmic life prompts reflection on deeper causes and communal well-being.
Kāśī is the setting; the narrative tension highlights that unusual hardships in Kāśī invite theological explanation.
None stated; it is an interpretive statement about possible inauspicious causes.