Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 14
अवश्यं किंचिदत्राऽस्ति यशोदानंदवर्धन । प्रायशस्तन्न घटतेऽसंभाव्यं नाथ वास्त्रियाम्
avaśyaṃ kiṃcidatrā'sti yaśodānaṃdavardhana | prāyaśastanna ghaṭate'saṃbhāvyaṃ nātha vāstriyām
یقیناً یہاں کچھ نہ کچھ ہے، اے یشودا کے سرور کو بڑھانے والے! ایسی بات عموماً نہیں ہوتی، اے ناتھ؛ اور عورت کے معاملے میں تو یہ اور بھی بعید ہے۔
Nārada
Listener: Frame audience of sages
Scene: Kṛṣṇa, addressed as the joy of Yaśodā, listens with a furrow of concern; the atmosphere shifts from hospitality to investigative seriousness, suggesting an unseen cause behind an unlikely situation.
FAQs
Wise elders read signs carefully: when conduct deviates from dharma, it indicates a deeper cause that must be addressed.
None; the verse is part of a courtly dialogue in Dvārakā within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s wider frame.
No ritual is prescribed; it is a diagnostic statement within the narrative.