Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 18
एकमेव हि जानंति कुलपूज्यो हि यो द्विजः । तस्मै गाः संप्रयच्छंति मन्यंते तद्वचःस्फुटम्
ekameva hi jānaṃti kulapūjyo hi yo dvijaḥ | tasmai gāḥ saṃprayacchaṃti manyaṃte tadvacaḥsphuṭam
അവർ ഒരേയൊരു തത്ത്വം മാത്രം അറിയുന്നു—കുലത്തിൽ പൂജ്യനായ ദ്വിജനാണ് ആദരണീയൻ. അവനു പശുക്കൾ സമർപ്പിച്ച്, അവന്റെ വാക്കിനെ വ്യക്തമായ പ്രമാണമായി കരുതുന്നു.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Villagers approach a revered dvija seated on a simple seat; they offer cows with decorated horns; the dvija speaks calmly; listeners attentive, hands folded.
FAQs
Honor worthy spiritual custodians and support them through dāna; right guidance is treated as authoritative when rooted in dharma.
The verse sits within Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī setting, but it does not name a particular tirtha.
Go-dāna is explicitly mentioned: offering cows to the revered dvija.