Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 37
आश्रमांश्चतुरस्त्वेवं क्रमादासेव्य पंडितः । निर्द्वंद्वस्त्यक्तसंगश्च ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते
āśramāṃścaturastvevaṃ kramādāsevya paṃḍitaḥ | nirdvaṃdvastyaktasaṃgaśca brahmabhūyāya kalpate
Ainsi, ayant servi successivement les quatre āśramas selon l’ordre, le sage—libre des paires d’opposés et ayant renoncé à l’attachement—devient apte à la réalisation de Brahman.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A symbolic progression: student, householder, forest-dweller, and renunciant shown in four panels leading to a meditative sage seated facing the Ganga, serene and unattached.
FAQs
Orderly dharmic living culminating in detachment and equanimity prepares one for Brahman-realization.
Kāśī is the spiritual context where the culmination of āśrama-dharma into liberation is celebrated.
No single ritual; it recommends the disciplined progression through the four āśramas with growing detachment.