Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 1
स्कंद उवाच । उषित्वैवं गृहे विप्रो द्वितीयादाश्रमात्परम् । वलीपलितसंयुक्तस्तृतीयाश्रममाविशेत्
skaṃda uvāca | uṣitvaivaṃ gṛhe vipro dvitīyādāśramātparam | valīpalitasaṃyuktastṛtīyāśramamāviśet
स्कन्द बोले—इस प्रकार गृहस्थ-आश्रम में रहकर ब्राह्मण, दूसरे आश्रम को पूर्ण कर, जब झुर्रियों और श्वेत केशों से युक्त हो जाए, तब तीसरे आश्रम (वानप्रस्थ) में प्रवेश करे।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: An aged brāhmaṇa with grey hair and wrinkles stands at the threshold of his home, turning toward a forest path, staff in hand, with a calm, resolute gaze—symbolizing the shift from gṛhastha to vānaprastha.
FAQs
Life is meant to mature into renunciation: after fulfilling household duties, one should transition to disciplined detachment (vānaprastha).
The verse is part of the Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s dharma teaching context; it does not name a single tirtha in this line, but sits within the larger glorification of Kāśī as a place that supports right living and liberation-oriented discipline.
A life-stage prescription: entering the third āśrama (vānaprastha) after completing the householder stage.
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