Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 7
वैश्या च काचिदभवत्क्रयविक्रयचंचुरा । व्यालग्राहिण्यभूत्काचिद्दासीधात्री च काचन
vaiśyā ca kācidabhavatkrayavikrayacaṃcurā | vyālagrāhiṇyabhūtkāciddāsīdhātrī ca kācana
एक स्त्री वैश्य बनी, क्रय‑विक्रय में निपुण। दूसरी भयंकर जीवों को पकड़ने वाली हुई। और एक दासी तथा धात्री (दूध‑माता) बनकर नगर में सेवा करती रही।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis (typical frame)
Scene: A bustling Kāśī street near ghāṭa-steps: a woman merchant weighing goods, another handling a captured serpent/creature with a forked staff, a maid attending a household, and a nurse holding an infant—temples and pilgrims in the background.
FAQs
Even amid varied livelihoods and social roles, life in Kāśī is framed within a sacred narrative where all conditions can be oriented toward dharma.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) as a sacred city; this verse itself emphasizes city-life roles rather than naming a specific tīrtha.
None in this verse; it is descriptive rather than prescriptive.
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