Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 19
आतायियूकगृध्राद्यैः पुरीमुपरिचारिभिः । सूच्यतेत्याहितं किंचिद्ध्रुवमत्र निवासिनाम्
ātāyiyūkagṛdhrādyaiḥ purīmuparicāribhiḥ | sūcyatetyāhitaṃ kiṃciddhruvamatra nivāsinām
جب شہر میں لٹیرے، جوئیں، گِدھ اور اس جیسے آفت انگیز جانور و کیڑے بکثرت پھرنے لگیں، تو یہ اشارہ ہے کہ یہاں رہنے والوں کے لیے کوئی نقصان یقینی مقدر ہے۔
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Streets of Kāśī with ominous presence: robbers lurking, people scratching from lice infestation, vultures circling rooftops and cremation-adjacent spaces; anxious residents looking upward and around.
FAQs
When adharma spreads (violence, impurity, scavengers), it becomes a visible omen; governance and personal conduct must return to dharma.
Kāśī as the sacred civic space where even social signs are read as dharmic indicators.
No specific rite; the verse is diagnostic, pointing to impending harm.