Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 69
मध्ये मार्गं स गच्छन्वै लक्षितस्तु सकांचनः । अपि कार्पटिकांतस्थः स रुद्धो मार्गरोधिभिः
madhye mārgaṃ sa gacchanvai lakṣitastu sakāṃcanaḥ | api kārpaṭikāṃtasthaḥ sa ruddho mārgarodhibhiḥ
جب وہ راستے پر جا رہا تھا، تو اسے سونا لے جاتے ہوئے دیکھا گیا؛ اور اگرچہ وہ ایک فقیر کے بھیس میں تھا، اسے راستے کے لٹیروں نے روک لیا۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Listener: Śaunaka and sages
Scene: On a dusty road, the traveler is spotted with a glint of gold; bandits emerge to block the path near a humble mendicant’s hut, creating a tense standoff.
FAQs
Attachment to wealth draws danger; once removed from the sheltering aura of dharma and sacred space, one becomes vulnerable to harm.
Kāśī is glorified by contrast: outside Kāśī, the traveller meets peril and obstruction.
None; it is a narrative depiction of karmic vulnerability tied to wealth and displacement.