Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 74
संति व्रतानि भूयांसि नियमाः संत्यनेकधा । तपांसि नाना संत्यत्र संति दानान्यनेकशः
saṃti vratāni bhūyāṃsi niyamāḥ saṃtyanekadhā | tapāṃsi nānā saṃtyatra saṃti dānānyanekaśaḥ
അനവധി വ്രതങ്ങളുണ്ട്; പലവിധ നിയമങ്ങളുമുണ്ട്. ഇവിടെ നാനാവിധ തപസ്സുകളുണ്ട്; അനേകം തരത്തിലുള്ള ദാനങ്ങളും ഉണ്ട്।
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Jaigīṣavya (implied continuation)
Scene: A montage-like depiction: pilgrims performing vows, ascetics practicing niyamas, householders giving dāna, and tapasvins meditating—set against Kāśī’s ghāṭas and temples.
FAQs
Dharma offers many legitimate paths—vows, restraints, austerities, and charity—preparing for the teaching of what is considered supreme among them.
Indirectly Kāśī, since the Kāśīkhaṇḍa frames these practices within the religious culture of Vārāṇasī.
The verse broadly references vrata, niyama, tapas, and dāna without specifying a single procedure.