Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 90
सा तु बाल्ये व्यतिक्रांते किंचिदुद्रिन्नयौवना । शिवभक्तं स्वपितरं दृष्ट्वा नियममग्रहीत्
sā tu bālye vyatikrāṃte kiṃcidudrinnayauvanā | śivabhaktaṃ svapitaraṃ dṛṣṭvā niyamamagrahīt
જ્યારે તેનું બાળપણ વીત્યું અને યૌવન થોડું ઉદ્ભાસિત થયું, ત્યારે શિવભક્ત પિતાને જોઈ તેણે નિયમયુક્ત વ્રત ગ્રહણ કર્યું।
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya
Scene: Ratnāvalī, now a blossoming youth, watches her father Ratnadīpa performing Śiva-devotion with disciplined posture; her face shows resolve as she inwardly takes a vow.
FAQs
Good example inspires dharma: witnessing sincere Śiva-bhakti in elders can awaken one’s own commitment and self-discipline.
Kāśī is the implied sacred arena where her vow will be practiced and rewarded.
A niyama (vowed observance) is introduced, setting up later details about daily worship and conduct.