सर्वान्मनोरथांल्लेभे विना स्वर्गैकसाधनम् । गार्हस्थ्याश्रम नेपथ्यं पथ्यं पैतामहं महत्
sarvānmanorathāṃllebhe vinā svargaikasādhanam | gārhasthyāśrama nepathyaṃ pathyaṃ paitāmahaṃ mahat
स्वर्गाच्या एकमेव साधनावाचून त्याने सर्व मनोरथ प्राप्त केले. त्याने पितामहांनी चालविलेला महान व हितकर गृहस्थाश्रमाचा नेपथ्य-आचार व नियम अंगीकारला.
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Listener: Primary interlocutor(s) of Kāśīkhaṇḍa discourse
Scene: Pūrṇabhadra adopts the marks of a disciplined householder—clean garments, sacred thread, calm posture—performing daily rites with fire and offerings, while worldly luxuries recede to the background.
Purāṇic dharma honors the gṛhastha path as a venerable, tradition-rooted discipline—yet reminds that higher spiritual means may still be required.
No specific site is named in this verse; it provides ethical-āśrama context within the chapter’s Kāśī-centered narrative arc.
The verse generally points to gṛhastha observances (āśrama-nepathya, proper discipline), without listing a specific rite.