Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 37
तपांसि नानारूपाणि व्रतानि नियमा यमाः । सिंधूनामपि संभेदा अरण्यानि बहून्यपि
tapāṃsi nānārūpāṇi vratāni niyamā yamāḥ | siṃdhūnāmapi saṃbhedā araṇyāni bahūnyapi
नानाविध तप, व्रत, नियम व यम; नद्यांचेही अनेक भेद; आणि असंख्य अरण्ये—हे सर्वही (साधन) मानले गेले आहे.
Skanda (deduced; Kāśī-khaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Generic river-tīrthas and forest-araṇyas (not a single named site)
Type: ghat
Listener: null
Scene: A sequence of ascetics performing varied tapas in a forest hermitage; nearby, a river with pilgrims bathing; symbolic scroll listing yama-niyama and vrata as a garland of practices.
FAQs
Many disciplines and sacred environments are honored, yet the surrounding passage aims to show a higher, simpler refuge in Kāśī/Avimukta.
No single tīrtha is named; it references rivers and forests broadly within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa context.
Vratas (vows), tapas (austerities), and ethical disciplines (yama-niyama) are listed.