Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 56
विमुक्तरागद्वेषो यः कामक्रोधविवर्जितः । साग्निः सदारः स गृही वानप्रस्थाद्विशिष्यते
vimuktarāgadveṣo yaḥ kāmakrodhavivarjitaḥ | sāgniḥ sadāraḥ sa gṛhī vānaprasthādviśiṣyate
Ce maître de maison, délivré de l’attachement et de l’aversion, exempt de désir et de colère—qui entretient les feux sacrés et vit avec son épouse—surpasse même l’ermite de la forêt.
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa discourse)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A serene householder tends the sacred fires (three agnis) in a courtyard, wife assisting; around them swirl personified rāga and dveṣa like fading smoke, while a forest hermit watches in respectful acknowledgment.
FAQs
Inner freedom from passions, while fulfilling household duties, is a high spiritual attainment—sometimes higher than external renunciation.
No single tīrtha is named; the verse supports Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s broader celebration of dharma in the sacred sphere of Kāśī.
Maintaining the sacred fires (sāgniḥ)—i.e., household yajña obligations—along with ethical self-mastery.