Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 4
प्रोक्तोथ बहुशश्चेति बहुमानपुरःसरम् । तथा त्वमपि माकार्षीर्यथा प्राक्प्रस्थितैः कृतम्
proktotha bahuśaśceti bahumānapuraḥsaram | tathā tvamapi mākārṣīryathā prākprasthitaiḥ kṛtam
“This indeed has been spoken many times,” he said, with due honor preceding his words. “So you too should not act otherwise; do as those who set out earlier have done.”
Skanda (narrative voice; internal speaker not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Avimukta (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A respectful admonition is delivered with honor: the speaker gestures gently, indicating the path taken by earlier travelers, evoking the continuity of tradition within Kāśī’s sacred precincts.
FAQs
Dharma is safeguarded by respectful adherence to established righteous precedent (ācāra) rather than impulsive novelty.
The Kāśī setting continues implicitly; the verse itself stresses conduct rather than naming a tīrtha.
No specific rite; it prescribes conformity to approved practice (‘as earlier ones did’).