Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 94
देशांतरे ह्यस्ति धनः सद्विद्यः सुखमेधते । भयमस्ति धने चौरात्सविद्यः सर्वतोऽभयः
deśāṃtare hyasti dhanaḥ sadvidyaḥ sukhamedhate | bhayamasti dhane caurātsavidyaḥ sarvato'bhayaḥ
قد يوجد المال في أرضٍ أخرى، أمّا العلم الحقّ فيزدهر في سكينةٍ وسعادة. وفي المال خوفٌ من اللصوص، أمّا صاحب العلم فآمنٌ من كل جهة.
Skanda (narrating to Agastya, Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame)
Tirtha: Kāśī (as seat of vidyā and mokṣa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A contrast tableau: on one side a wealthy man guarded and anxious; on the other a learned ascetic/brahmin calm and unafraid, walking freely.
FAQs
Knowledge is a higher, safer wealth than money; it grants stability and fearlessness across places and circumstances.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse offers universal nīti within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa setting.
None.