Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 48
न तत्कर्म च तद्वृत्तं किंचिद्वेत्ति स दीक्षितः । स च केशांतकर्मास्य कृत्वा वर्षेऽथ षोडशे
na tatkarma ca tadvṛttaṃ kiṃcidvetti sa dīkṣitaḥ | sa ca keśāṃtakarmāsya kṛtvā varṣe'tha ṣoḍaśe
لم يكن ديكشيتا يعلم شيئًا البتّة عن ذلك الفعل ولا عن ذلك السلوك المنحرف. ثمّ، لمّا أُقيم له طقس الكيشانتا في عامه السادس عشر…
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context) narrating to Agastya
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A youth at sixteen undergoing the keśānta saṃskāra, while the narrative notes his ignorance of prior wrongdoing; a ceremonial domestic-ritual scene with an undercurrent of concealed truth.
FAQs
Ignorance of wrongdoing does not replace the need for vigilance; dharmic upbringing proceeds through saṁskāras and discipline.
Kāśī is the overarching setting of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, but this verse focuses on saṁskāra and conduct rather than a named tīrtha.
Keśānta-karman (a student-stage saṁskāra) is referenced as being performed in the sixteenth year.