Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9
अन्तर्वासो धृतवती दृष्ट्वा कर्पटकं रहः । याज्ञवल्क्योऽपि तद्रात्रौ सुप्तो यत्र सुसंवृतः
antarvāso dhṛtavatī dṛṣṭvā karpaṭakaṃ rahaḥ | yājñavalkyo'pi tadrātrau supto yatra susaṃvṛtaḥ
她暗中看见一块布，便取来作贴身遮蔽；而阇若伐迦那一夜也安睡于所卧之处，周身覆护严密。
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not stated in snippet)
Tirtha: Revā tīrtha (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: Night scene: dim hermitage interior; the woman discreetly notices a cloth and uses it as inner covering; Yājñavalkya sleeps wrapped, the atmosphere quiet and rule-bound.
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It sets up a dharma-ethical situation about conduct, privacy, and purity within ascetic living.
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