Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 81
इदानीमेव पक्वान्नकरणव्यग्रया मया । स्थापिता भाजने क्वापि विस्मृतेति न वेद्म्यहम्
idānīmeva pakvānnakaraṇavyagrayā mayā | sthāpitā bhājane kvāpi vismṛteti na vedmyaham
“ابھی ابھی پکا ہوا کھانا تیار کرنے کی مصروفیت میں میں نے اسے کسی برتن میں کہیں رکھ دیا؛ بھول گئی ہوں—کہاں رکھا تھا، مجھے معلوم نہیں۔”
Dīkṣitāyinī
Tirtha: Avimukta (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (implied)
Scene: A kitchen-adjacent shrine space: steaming pots, vessels stacked, and Dīkṣitāyinī admits she placed the ring somewhere in a vessel while cooking and forgot; the scene balances mundane clutter with sacred intent.
FAQs
Household dharma involves many duties; the Purāṇas portray realistic human limitations while still upholding the priority of righteous conduct.
Kāśī is the overarching sacred context; this verse is narrative detail without naming a specific tīrtha.
No direct prescription; it references preparation for feeding/worship-related hospitality.