Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 5
परदार परद्रव्य परद्रोहपराङ्मुखाः । जाताजातौ निकृष्टायामपिपुण्यानुसारिणः
paradāra paradravya paradrohaparāṅmukhāḥ | jātājātau nikṛṣṭāyāmapipuṇyānusāriṇaḥ
তেওঁলোকে পৰস্ত্ৰী, পৰধন আৰু পৰদ্ৰোহৰ পৰা মুখ ঘূৰাই থাকে। জন্ম-জাতি অতি নীচ হ’লেও, তৎসত্ত্বেও তেওঁলোকে পুণ্যপথ অনুসৰণ কৰে।
Gaṇas (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Saṃyaminī-purī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahābhāga interlocutor
Scene: Three symbolic temptations presented to residents—an alluring figure (paradāra), a heap of coins/jewels (paradravya), and a vulnerable traveler (paradroha opportunity)—all refused; the residents stand calm, hands lowered, eyes steady.
FAQs
Core dharma is ethical restraint—fidelity, non-stealing, and non-harm—making virtue possible in any circumstance of birth.
None; it is a moral description of ideal conduct.
No ritual; it prescribes moral vows: avoidance of adultery, theft, and harming others.