Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 81
सदाचारो गृहे यद्वन्न तथास्त्याश्रमांतरे । विद्याजातं पठित्वांते गृहस्थाश्रममाश्रयेत्
sadācāro gṛhe yadvanna tathāstyāśramāṃtare | vidyājātaṃ paṭhitvāṃte gṛhasthāśramamāśrayet
গৃহে যেমন সদাচার দেখা যায়, তেমন অন্য আশ্রমে ততটা নয়। তাই বিদ্যা সমাপ্ত করে শেষে গৃহস্থাশ্রমের আশ্রয় নেওয়া উচিত।
Skanda (deduced, Kāśī Khaṇḍa context: Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A learned graduate returns home, establishing a sacred domestic space: household fire, guests welcomed, daily pūjā—sadācāra depicted as orderly, luminous domestic ritual life.
FAQs
The householder stage is upheld as a primary arena for lived dharma and right conduct after completing study.
No single tirtha is named in this verse; it occurs within the Kāśī teaching context.
A life-stage prescription: after study, embrace gṛhastha-āśrama and practice sadācāra.