Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 67
एतत्त्वदीयं सकलंवस्तुजातं समंततः । अर्थोपार्जनविद्याश्च सर्वाः शिक्षस्व पुत्रक
etattvadīyaṃ sakalaṃvastujātaṃ samaṃtataḥ | arthopārjanavidyāśca sarvāḥ śikṣasva putraka
ഈ സമസ്ത വസ്തുസമൂഹവും സർവ്വവിധത്തിലും നിന്റേതുതന്നെ. മകനേ, ധർമ്മസമ്മതമായി ധനം സമ്പാദിക്കാനുള്ള എല്ലാ വിദ്യകളും ശാസ്ത്രങ്ങളും പഠിക്കൂ.
Skanda (narrating to Agastya, context of Kāśīkhaṇḍa)
Scene: An elder father in a household setting gestures toward stored goods and household wealth while instructing his son to learn arts of rightful earning; the son listens with mixed eagerness and restlessness.
FAQs
Learning livelihood-skills is legitimate in dharma, but it must be framed as responsible stewardship rather than ego-driven accumulation.
Kāśī is the larger sacred canvas of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa; this verse focuses on ethical education.
None; the verse prescribes learning (śikṣā) of wealth-acquisition arts.