Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 51
नेह क्रोधो न मात्सर्यं लोभः कामोऽधृतिर्भयम् । हिंसा कुटिलता गर्वो निंदासूयाऽशुचिः क्वचित्
neha krodho na mātsaryaṃ lobhaḥ kāmo'dhṛtirbhayam | hiṃsā kuṭilatā garvo niṃdāsūyā'śuciḥ kvacit
هنا لا غضب ولا حسد؛ لا طمع ولا شهوة، ولا وهنُ عزيمة ولا خوف. ولا عنف ولا مكر ولا كِبر، ولا قذف ولا حقد ولا نجاسة في أيّ وقت.
Brahmā (context continuation)
Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (Naimiṣāraṇya frame)
Scene: A tranquil Kāśī panorama with devotees moving calmly—no quarrel, no harshness—symbolized by subdued gestures, open palms, and harmonious community life near ghats and temples.
FAQs
A truly sacred domain is marked by the dissolution of inner vices; purity is both moral and spiritual.
Kāśī is implicitly praised as a realm of exceptional sanctity where such faults do not prevail.
None; it is a mahātmya-style description of the sanctified environment and its ethical atmosphere.