Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 57
वैराग्याद्गृहमुत्सृज्य गृहधर्मान्हृदि स्मरेत् । स भवेदुभयभ्रष्टो वानप्रस्थो न वा गृही
vairāgyādgṛhamutsṛjya gṛhadharmānhṛdi smaret | sa bhavedubhayabhraṣṭo vānaprastho na vā gṛhī
যদি কোনোবাই ভুল বৈৰাগ্যত ঘৰ ত্যাগ কৰে, কিন্তু হৃদয়ত গৃহধৰ্মৰ আকাঙ্ক্ষা স্মৰণ কৰি থাকে, তেন্তে সি দুয়ো দিশৰ পৰা পতিত হয়—ন বানপ্ৰস্থ, ন গৃহস্থ।
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa discourse)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A man leaves his house toward the forest path, but a tether from his heart remains tied to household symbols (hearth, ledger, ornaments); two paths diverge, and he stands stranded between them.
FAQs
Renunciation must be wholehearted; abandoning duties without inner release leads to spiritual instability.
No named tīrtha; it is a general dharma instruction situated within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa context of Kāśī.
No ritual; it prescribes integrity in one’s chosen āśrama—do not abandon externally what you still cling to internally.