Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 49
तृतीयाश्रमिणो यस्मिन्वनवृत्तिकृतादराः । निःस्पृहा ग्रामवार्तासु वेदवर्त्मानुसारिणः
tṛtīyāśramiṇo yasminvanavṛttikṛtādarāḥ | niḥspṛhā grāmavārtāsu vedavartmānusāriṇaḥ
त्या राज्यात तृतीय आश्रमातील वानप्रस्थ वनवृत्तीचा मान राखत, ग्राम्य व्यवहारांपासून निःस्पृह राहत, आणि वेदनिर्दिष्ट मार्गाचे अनुसरण करत।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages
Scene: Vānaprasthas in a quiet forest hermitage: simple huts, sacred fire, deer and birds nearby; elders with bark garments and matted hair, reading or meditating, indifferent to distant village bustle.
FAQs
Progress in dharma matures into detachment and Vedic-aligned simplicity.
Kāśī’s sacred milieu is supported by depicting renunciant-friendly values in its associated kingdom.
No explicit ritual; it recommends the vānaprastha discipline and detachment.