अहिंसा परमो धर्म इहोक्तः पूर्वसूरिभिः । तस्मान्न हिंसा कर्तव्या नरैर्नरकभीरुभिः
ahiṃsā paramo dharma ihoktaḥ pūrvasūribhiḥ | tasmānna hiṃsā kartavyā narairnarakabhīrubhiḥ
अहिंसा हा परम धर्म आहे—असे पूर्वसूरींनी येथे सांगितले आहे। म्हणून नरकभय बाळगणाऱ्या मनुष्यांनी कधीही हिंसा करू नये।
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda instructing Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A stern yet compassionate sage proclaims ‘ahiṃsā paramo dharmaḥ’ to a gathered crowd of pilgrims; in the background, a faint contrasting vision shows the consequences of violence (naraka) as a deterrent motif.
Ahiṃsā is proclaimed the supreme dharma; one should avoid harming others, mindful of moral consequence.
The verse is part of Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s dharma teaching (Kāśī/Vārāṇasī context), not a description of a particular tīrtha.
A general prohibition is stated: do not perform hiṃsā (violence).