Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 85
रूपवित्तकुलैर्हीनान्सुधीर्नाधिक्षिपेन्नरान् । पुप्पवंतौ न चेक्षेत त्वशुचिर्ज्योतिषां गणम्
rūpavittakulairhīnānsudhīrnādhikṣipennarān | puppavaṃtau na cekṣeta tvaśucirjyotiṣāṃ gaṇam
સુધી પુરુષે રૂપ, ધન અને કુલથી હીન મનુષ્યોને અપમાન ન કરવો. તેમજ અશુચિ અવસ્થામાં રતિક્રીડામાં લીન યુગલને ન જોવો, અને નક્ષત્રસમૂહ તરફ પણ નજર ન કરવી.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A learned pilgrim stops a companion from mocking a poor, plain-looking devotee near a ghat; later, during a period of impurity, the pilgrim turns away from an erotic scene and lowers his gaze from the starry sky, choosing restraint and prayer.
FAQs
Dharma includes compassion and restraint: do not shame the disadvantaged, and maintain purity-aware decorum in what one chooses to see.
The instruction is situated in Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s dharma-education, associated with life in sacred Kāśī.
It implies observance of śauca (purity rules): when aśuci, avoid certain sights/activities considered improper for that state.