Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 66
इदमेव रहस्यं च कथितं क्षेत्रवासिनाम् । मतिः परहिता कार्या वाच्यं नोद्वेगकृद्वचः
idameva rahasyaṃ ca kathitaṃ kṣetravāsinām | matiḥ parahitā kāryā vācyaṃ nodvegakṛdvacaḥ
“এইয়েই গোপন উপদেশ ক্ষেত্ৰবাসীসকলৰ বাবে কোৱা হ’ল। মনোবৃত্তি পৰহিতত স্থাপন কৰা, আৰু উদ্বেগ নসৃষ্টিকৰ বাক্য কোৱা।”
Śiva
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (resident-dharma)
Type: kshetra
Listener: kṣetra-vāsinaḥ / dvijāḥ
Scene: A calm ethical tableau: Kāśī residents engaged in acts of public welfare—helping pilgrims, feeding the poor—while maintaining gentle, non-provocative conversation; the sacred city backdrop reinforces ‘rahasya’ as lived virtue.
FAQs
In Kāśī, inner purity is shown through a mind dedicated to others’ good and speech that does not disturb or harm.
Kāśī as the ‘kṣetra’ whose residents are given a special ethical rahasya.
A discipline of conduct: cultivate parahita-bhāva and practice gentle, non-agitating speech.