Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 57
सुवर्णग्राहिणौ येन कर्णौ स्यातां च सुश्रुती । मौंजीबंधोप्यभूदस्य व्यतीतेब्देऽष्टमे हरे । ब्रह्मचर्याभिवृद्ध्यै यो ब्रह्मग्रहणहेतुकः
suvarṇagrāhiṇau yena karṇau syātāṃ ca suśrutī | mauṃjībaṃdhopyabhūdasya vyatītebde'ṣṭame hare | brahmacaryābhivṛddhyai yo brahmagrahaṇahetukaḥ
Dengan ritus itu, kedua-dua telinga menjadi layak menerima perhiasan emas dan seseorang menjadi suśruti—baik pendengaran serta penerimaan ajaran. Wahai Hari, pengikatan mauñjī-bandha (ikat pinggang muñja) baginya hanya berlaku setelah tahun kelapan berlalu—demi pertumbuhan brahmacarya dan sebagai sebab menerima Brahman, yakni pembelajaran Weda.
Citragupta
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Hari (explicit vocative)
Scene: A solemn upanayana-adjacent moment: the boy receives the muñja girdle after the eighth year; a teacher figure stands ready with staff and sacred thread; the verse addresses ‘Hari’, elevating the rite into devotional discipline.
FAQs
Initiation into brahmacarya is portrayed as the gateway to disciplined life and sacred learning.
This verse does not name a tīrtha; it belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s broader Kāśī-centered dharma narrative.
Muñjībandha (sacred girdle tying), associated with upanayana and brahmacarya, is mentioned with an age marker (after the eighth year).