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
行至途中，他被人察觉为携带黄金之人；虽在贫苦行乞者住处附近，仍被拦路之徒阻截。
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.