Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 7
पितृभ्यां परिहीनानामितिहास कथाविदाम् । त्यक्ताहारविहाराणां कीराणां वरदो भव
pitṛbhyāṃ parihīnānāmitihāsa kathāvidām | tyaktāhāravihārāṇāṃ kīrāṇāṃ varado bhava
Maging tagapagkaloob ka ng biyaya sa mga lorong ito—ulila sa mga magulang, bihasa sa mga salaysay at banal na kasaysayan, at tumalikod sa pagkain at karaniwang paggalaw dahil sa kanilang pagtitika.
Dharmarāja (Yama)
Tirtha: Kāśī/Avimukta
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sage-audience / pilgrims
Scene: The devotee pleads: ‘Grant a boon to these parrots’—parentless, learned in itihāsa and kathā, austere in renunciation—standing quietly before Śiva.
FAQs
Divine grace is sought for the vulnerable; knowledge of sacred narratives and restraint are honored even in non-human beings.
The broader Kāśī Khaṇḍa setting underlines Kāśī as a landscape where compassion and dharma extend to all creatures.
Implied ascetic practice: tyāga of āhāra-vihāra (renunciation of food and ordinary indulgence/roaming), but no formal rite is detailed.