Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 27
अप्युत्तानशयास्तस्य राष्ट्रे मित्रजितः क्वचित् । स्तनपानं न कुर्वंति संप्राप्य हरिवासरम्
apyuttānaśayāstasya rāṣṭre mitrajitaḥ kvacit | stanapānaṃ na kurvaṃti saṃprāpya harivāsaram
اُس بادشاہ مِترجِت کی سلطنت میں کبھی کبھی پیٹھ کے بل لیٹے شیرخوار بچے بھی، جب ہری کا مقدّس دن آتا، تو دودھ پینے سے رک جاتے تھے۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative, typically Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Scene: A domestic scene in Mitrajit’s realm: mothers pause, infants lying supine mysteriously stop suckling as conch sounds announce Hari’s day; elders fold hands, lamps are lit, and the household turns toward worship.
FAQs
Devotional culture becomes so pervasive that even the most dependent beings reflect restraint on sacred days.
Kāśī-kṣetra’s dharmic atmosphere (as presented in Kāśīkhaṇḍa) that inspires widespread vrata-like conduct.
Observance of Hari-vāsara—implying fasting/restraint and reverence for Viṣṇu’s sacred day.