Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 17
स्कंद उवाच । मित्रावरुणजाख्यामि सदाचारं सतां हितम् । यदाचरन्नरो नित्यं सर्वान्कामानवाप्नुयात्
skaṃda uvāca | mitrāvaruṇajākhyāmi sadācāraṃ satāṃ hitam | yadācarannaro nityaṃ sarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt
स्कंद म्हणाले—हे मित्र-वरुणपुत्रा! सत्पुरुषांच्या हितासाठी मी सदाचार सांगतो; जो नित्य आचरल्यास मनुष्य सर्व शुभ कामना प्राप्त करतो.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mitrāvaruṇaja (Agastya)
Scene: Skanda begins: addressing the interlocutor as ‘Mitrāvaruṇaja’ (Agastya epithet), he promises to explain sadācāra beneficial to the good, which grants all aims when practiced constantly.
FAQs
Sadācāra is presented as a universal key to accomplishing legitimate human goals, and as guidance especially suited to the righteous.
Kāśī is the broader sacred context; the verse introduces the ethical teaching that makes Kāśī’s promise fruitful.
A general prescription: the steady practice of sadācāra (right conduct).