Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 19
स्वेषु स्वेषु च धर्मेषु कच्चिद्वर्णाश्रमास्तथा । निष्ठावंतो हि तिष्ठंति प्रहृष्टेंद्रियमानसाः
sveṣu sveṣu ca dharmeṣu kaccidvarṇāśramāstathā | niṣṭhāvaṃto hi tiṣṭhaṃti prahṛṣṭeṃdriyamānasāḥ
क्या वर्ण और आश्रम के लोग अपने-अपने धर्म में स्थिर रहते हैं—इन्द्रियाँ और मन प्रसन्न व प्रफुल्लित रखकर दृढ़ता से स्थित?
Śiva (Śambhu)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (frame; not explicit in verse)
Scene: A panoramic depiction of the four varṇas and four āśramas performing their duties with serene faces—students studying, householders giving, forest-dwellers meditating, renunciants walking—set against Kāśī’s ghāṭas.
FAQs
Inner joy and social harmony arise when individuals faithfully perform their rightful duties with disciplined senses and mind.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse describes dharmic stability within the Kāśī narrative horizon.
None specific; it recommends steadfast adherence to one’s prescribed dharma (varṇa/āśrama duties).