Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 56
वसु क्व ते गतो भर्ता मातुरस्थीनिमेऽर्पय । वयं कार्पटिका भद्रे भवामो न च दुःखदाः
vasu kva te gato bhartā māturasthīnime'rpaya | vayaṃ kārpaṭikā bhadre bhavāmo na ca duḥkhadāḥ
“تمہارا شوہر مال لے کر کہاں گیا؟ اپنی ماں کی یہ ہڈیاں مجھے سونپ دو۔ اے بھدرے، ہم تو پھٹے کپڑوں والے غریب ہیں—ہم دکھ دینے والے نہیں۔”
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-Gaṅgā asthi/śrāddha context (implied)
Type: ghat
Scene: A rag-clad poor person pleads with a woman: ‘Where has your husband gone with the wealth? Give us your mother’s bones; we are not harm-doers.’ The scene is tense, sorrowful, and morally charged.
FAQs
The verse contrasts wealth-seeking with the humility of poverty, underscoring that dharma depends on truth and intent rather than appearances.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues a moral narrative set within the Kāśī Khanda.
None explicitly; the mention of a mother’s bones is narrative, not a funerary prescription.