Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 58
नालोकयेद्दिशोभागाञ्ज्योतिश्चक्रं नभोमलम् । वामेन पाणिना शिश्नं धृत्वोत्तिष्ठेत्प्रयत्नवान्
nālokayeddiśobhāgāñjyotiścakraṃ nabhomalam | vāmena pāṇinā śiśnaṃ dhṛtvottiṣṭhetprayatnavān
ദിക്കുകളിലേക്കു നോക്കരുത്; ജ്യോതിച്ചക്രത്തെയോ നിർമലമായ ആകാശത്തെയോ നിരീക്ഷിക്കരുത്. ഇടങ്കൈകൊണ്ട് ഉപസ്ഥം പിടിച്ച്, പരിശ്രമത്തോടെ സൂക്ഷ്മമായി എഴുന്നേൽക്കണം.
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).