Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 67
एतत्त्वदीयं सकलंवस्तुजातं समंततः । अर्थोपार्जनविद्याश्च सर्वाः शिक्षस्व पुत्रक
etattvadīyaṃ sakalaṃvastujātaṃ samaṃtataḥ | arthopārjanavidyāśca sarvāḥ śikṣasva putraka
إن هذا كله، من جملة الأموال والمتاع، هو لك من كل وجه. فتعلّم يا بُنيّ جميع الفنون والعلوم التي يُكتسب بها الرزق على وجه الحق.
Skanda (narrating to Agastya, context of Kāśīkhaṇḍa)
Scene: An elder father in a household setting gestures toward stored goods and household wealth while instructing his son to learn arts of rightful earning; the son listens with mixed eagerness and restlessness.
FAQs
Learning livelihood-skills is legitimate in dharma, but it must be framed as responsible stewardship rather than ego-driven accumulation.
Kāśī is the larger sacred canvas of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa; this verse focuses on ethical education.
None; the verse prescribes learning (śikṣā) of wealth-acquisition arts.