Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 10
तमोयुक्ताः क्षपा यत्र बहुलेषु न मानवाः । रजोयुजः स्त्रियो यत्र न धर्मबहुला नराः
tamoyuktāḥ kṣapā yatra bahuleṣu na mānavāḥ | rajoyujaḥ striyo yatra na dharmabahulā narāḥ
تُفهَم تلك الناحية بأنها ساقطة: حيث الليالي مغمورة بالظلمة، وبين الكثرة يقلّ معنى الإنسانية الحقّة؛ وحيث تُقيَّد النساء بشهوةٍ قلقة، ولا يكثر الرجال من الدارما.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī / Avimukta (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A night-heavy town under thick darkness (tamas), restless figures moving in agitation (rajas), contrasted with a bright Kāśī dawn where pilgrims chant and lamps line the ghāṭas.
FAQs
Tamas and rajas dominate where dharma is neglected; the Mahātmya implies that sacred space and right living cultivate sattva and dharmic character.
Kāśī is the implied standard of spiritual brightness and dharma, contrasted with places dominated by tamas and rajas.
None explicitly; it supports the broader exhortation to seek dharmic lands—especially Kāśī—and live by dharma.