Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 84
नमस्कृत्य प्रतिगृहं तस्य भिक्षां न्यषेधयत् । स मुनिः सहितः शिष्यैर्भिक्षामप्राप्य दूनवत्
namaskṛtya pratigṛhaṃ tasya bhikṣāṃ nyaṣedhayat | sa muniḥ sahitaḥ śiṣyairbhikṣāmaprāpya dūnavat
แม้ได้รับการนอบน้อมในทุกเรือน แต่ทานภิกษาของท่านก็ถูกปฏิเสธเสียสิ้น ฤๅษีนั้นพร้อมศิษย์ทั้งหลายมิได้อาหาร จึงเศร้าหมอง
Narrator voice within Skanda’s discourse (deduced)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A weary sage with a small group of disciples stands at successive doorways in Kāśī; householders offer salutations yet turn away from giving food; the lanes and balconies of the city frame the repeated refusals.
FAQs
True renunciation accepts hardship without bitterness; even deprivation can be part of a divine test.
Kāśī, where saints undergo trials that reveal the depth of their discipline.
The context implies bhikṣāṭana and, when alms fail, involuntary fasting.