Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 88
ययौ भिक्षाटनं कर्तुं सशिष्यः परितः पुरीम् । सर्वत्र स परिभ्रांतः प्रतिसौधं मुहुर्मुहुः
yayau bhikṣāṭanaṃ kartuṃ saśiṣyaḥ paritaḥ purīm | sarvatra sa paribhrāṃtaḥ pratisaudhaṃ muhurmuhuḥ
وہ اپنے شاگردوں سمیت شہر کے چاروں طرف بھکشا کے لیے نکلا۔ وہ ہر جگہ بار بار پھرتا رہا، ہر محل اور ہر گھر کے در پر جاتا رہا۔
Narrator voice within Skanda’s discourse (deduced)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Vyāsa with disciples walks repeatedly through Kāśī’s grand houses and courtyards, knocking or standing at thresholds; the repetition is emphasized—same lanes, different doors—showing endurance and the city’s scale.
FAQs
Perseverance in simple discipline—without resentment—purifies the seeker; the path is sustained by repeated effort.
Kāśī, mapped as a sacred lived-space where daily spiritual striving unfolds street by street and house by house.
Bhikṣāṭana (alms-round) as a regulated ascetic practice, performed with disciples as part of a disciplined life.