Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 33
यस्याश्रमे ऽत्र दृश्यंते हिंस्रा अपि समंततः । सत्त्वरूपा अमी सत्त्वास्त्यक्त्वा वैरं स्वभावजम्
yasyāśrame 'tra dṛśyaṃte hiṃsrā api samaṃtataḥ | sattvarūpā amī sattvāstyaktvā vairaṃ svabhāvajam
যাৰ আশ্ৰমত ইয়াত চাৰিওফালে হিংস্ৰ জন্তুবোৰো সত্ত্বৰূপ, কোমল স্বভাৱৰ দৰে দেখা যায়; সিহঁতে স্বভাৱজাত বৈৰ ত্যাগ কৰিছে।
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (āśrama within the kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A tranquil hermitage scene where normally violent animals sit peacefully together; the ascetic’s presence radiates calm, and the environment appears softened and harmonious.
FAQs
Holiness is measured by its radiance of peace: true tapas creates an atmosphere where even hostility dissolves into sattva.
A sanctified āśrama within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s sacred geography—associated in context with the sage-world (Agastya’s vicinity).
No explicit ritual; it highlights the ethical fruit of sanctity—ahimsa and the abandonment of natural enmity.