History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c74.t2.170

v5.c74.t2.170

Many of the purāṇas lay down rules about how one dwelling in Kāśī should act. The injunction is that in Kāśī one should not commit the slightest sin, since the punishment is far more heavy. The Matsya (chap. 185. 17-45) and Kāśīkhaṇḍa, chap. 96, narrate the story of Vyāsa, who while wandering about for alms in Kāśī, did not secure alms and being hungry and angry was on the point of cursing Kāśī in the words quoted below ¹⁴⁶¹ when Śiva coming to know his mind assumed the form of a householder, gave him the best of food and ordered Vyāsa not to enter Kāśikṣetra as he was an irritable man, but allowed him to do so on the 8th and 14th *tithis* only. The Kāśīkhaṇḍa 96. 12-80 and 119-180 speak at great length about how one residing in Kāśī should conduct himself.