Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 78
व्रतैः संशोधिते देहे धर्मो वसति निश्चलः । अर्थकामौ सनिर्वाणौ तत्र यत्र वृष स्थितिः
vrataiḥ saṃśodhite dehe dharmo vasati niścalaḥ | arthakāmau sanirvāṇau tatra yatra vṛṣa sthitiḥ
व्रतांनी शुद्ध झालेल्या देहात धर्म अचलपणे वास करतो; आणि जिथे धर्मरूपी वृषभाची स्थिती आहे तिथे अर्थ, काम तसेच निर्वाण (मोक्ष)ही प्राप्त होतात.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Allegorical tableau: Dharma as a white bull standing firm on a purified platform; around it, personified Artha and Kāma approach respectfully, while Mokṣa/Nirvāṇa appears as a radiant, calm presence above Kāśī’s skyline.
FAQs
Vrata purifies the person so Dharma becomes stable, and the full aims of life—including liberation—become attainable.
No specific site is named; the verse states a universal principle used to frame Kāśī’s vrata-centered māhātmya.
General vrata-observance as the means to purify the body and establish Dharma.