Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 58
नालोकयेद्दिशोभागाञ्ज्योतिश्चक्रं नभोमलम् । वामेन पाणिना शिश्नं धृत्वोत्तिष्ठेत्प्रयत्नवान्
nālokayeddiśobhāgāñjyotiścakraṃ nabhomalam | vāmena pāṇinā śiśnaṃ dhṛtvottiṣṭhetprayatnavān
មិនគួរមើលទៅទិសទាំងឡាយ មិនគួរចាំបាច់សម្លឹងមើលរង្វង់ពន្លឺ ឬមេឃដ៏បរិសុទ្ធឡើយ។ ដោយដៃឆ្វេងកាន់អង្គលាក់ ហើយត្រូវក្រោកឡើងដោយប្រុងប្រយ័ត្ន និងខិតខំ។
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A restrained householder in a secluded spot near Kāśī, rising carefully after evacuation, eyes lowered, maintaining modesty and ritual attentiveness; distant suggestion of Gaṅgā ghāṭas and temple spires without explicit depiction of the act.
FAQs
Restraint and modesty are integral to purity; mindfulness governs even private actions.
None directly; it is a general śauca rule preserved within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s dharma teaching.
Do not look around or at the sky/luminaries; rise carefully, maintaining bodily control (left-hand hold prescribed).