Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 68
स्वपंत्यास्त्वेकदाऽदाय दुरोदरिकरेऽर्पयत् । एकदा गच्छता राजभवनान्निजमुद्रिका
svapaṃtyāstvekadā'dāya durodarikare'rpayat | ekadā gacchatā rājabhavanānnijamudrikā
ایک بار جب وہ سو رہی تھی تو اس نے وہ انگوٹھی اٹھا کر جواری کے ہاتھ میں رکھ دی۔ اور ایک بار جب وہ شاہی محل کی طرف جا رہا تھا تو اپنی ہی مُہر والی انگوٹھی ساتھ لے گیا۔
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Audience within Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame (not specified)
Scene: Night scene: the mother asleep; the son stealthily removes a ring and later places it into a gambler’s hand; a second vignette shows him heading toward the royal palace with his signet-ring, hinting at impending exposure.
FAQs
Vice leads to stealth and betrayal of trust—one harms even one’s own household to feed addiction.
The episode is situated within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī-māhātmya framework, though the verse itself focuses on conduct rather than a named tīrtha.
None; it narrates misconduct (taking property while someone sleeps) and its social consequences.