Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 58
नालोकयेद्दिशोभागाञ्ज्योतिश्चक्रं नभोमलम् । वामेन पाणिना शिश्नं धृत्वोत्तिष्ठेत्प्रयत्नवान्
nālokayeddiśobhāgāñjyotiścakraṃ nabhomalam | vāmena pāṇinā śiśnaṃ dhṛtvottiṣṭhetprayatnavān
दिशांकडे पाहू नये, तसेच ज्योतींचे मंडळ किंवा निर्मळ आकाश न्याहाळू नये। डाव्या हाताने उपस्थ धरून, प्रयत्नपूर्वक व सावधपणे उठावे।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A restrained householder in a secluded spot near Kāśī, rising carefully after evacuation, eyes lowered, maintaining modesty and ritual attentiveness; distant suggestion of Gaṅgā ghāṭas and temple spires without explicit depiction of the act.
FAQs
Restraint and modesty are integral to purity; mindfulness governs even private actions.
None directly; it is a general śauca rule preserved within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s dharma teaching.
Do not look around or at the sky/luminaries; rise carefully, maintaining bodily control (left-hand hold prescribed).