Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 57
वैराग्याद्गृहमुत्सृज्य गृहधर्मान्हृदि स्मरेत् । स भवेदुभयभ्रष्टो वानप्रस्थो न वा गृही
vairāgyādgṛhamutsṛjya gṛhadharmānhṛdi smaret | sa bhavedubhayabhraṣṭo vānaprastho na vā gṛhī
ຖ້າຜູ້ໃດດ້ວຍວິຣາກະທີ່ຜິດທາງ ລະທິ້ງເຮືອນໄປ ແຕ່ໃນໃຈຍັງຄິດຮອດໜ້າທີ່ຂອງຄົນຄອບຄົວ ຜູ້ນັ້ນຈະເສຍທັງສອງ—ບໍ່ແມ່ນວານະປຣັສຖະແທ້ ແລະບໍ່ແມ່ນຄົນຄອບຄົວແທ້
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa discourse)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A man leaves his house toward the forest path, but a tether from his heart remains tied to household symbols (hearth, ledger, ornaments); two paths diverge, and he stands stranded between them.
FAQs
Renunciation must be wholehearted; abandoning duties without inner release leads to spiritual instability.
No named tīrtha; it is a general dharma instruction situated within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa context of Kāśī.
No ritual; it prescribes integrity in one’s chosen āśrama—do not abandon externally what you still cling to internally.
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