Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 84
कुतस्त्वच्छाटकः पत्नि मांजिष्ठो यो मयाऽर्पितः । लंबते वस्त्रधान्यांयस्तथ्यं ब्रूहि भयं त्यज
kutastvacchāṭakaḥ patni māṃjiṣṭho yo mayā'rpitaḥ | laṃbate vastradhānyāṃyastathyaṃ brūhi bhayaṃ tyaja
“اے بیوی، وہ سرخی مائل لباس کہاں ہے جو میں نے تجھے دیا تھا؟ جو کپڑوں کے ذخیرے میں لٹکا رہتا تھا۔ سچ بتا اور خوف چھوڑ دے۔”
Dīkṣita
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Wife
Scene: The father points to the empty clothes-store area where a reddish garment once hung; the wife appears frightened; the scene foreshadows deeper loss and possible wrongdoing.
FAQs
Dharma requires satya (truth) and bhaya-tyāga (freedom from fear), even when dealing with loss, blame, or possessions.
The narrative is embedded in Kāśī-khaṇḍa, but this verse does not directly praise a particular tīrtha.
None; it is a moral-psychological injunction to speak truth and abandon fear.