Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62
क्रमाद्द्वैगुण्यमेतस्माद्ब्रह्मचर्यादिषु त्रिषु । दिवाविहित शौचस्य रात्रावर्धं समाचरेत्
kramāddvaiguṇyametasmādbrahmacaryādiṣu triṣu | divāvihita śaucasya rātrāvardhaṃ samācaret
Menurut tertib, dalam tiga āśrama bermula dengan brahmacarya, sukatan penyucian ini hendaklah digandakan. Dan pada waktu malam, lakukanlah separuh daripada penyucian yang ditetapkan bagi waktu siang.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A triptych-like symbolic scene: three figures representing āśramas (student with staff, forest-dweller, renunciate) with increasing austerity; a moon motif indicates night-time reduced measure; all framed by Kāśī’s ghats.
FAQs
Dharma adapts discipline to one’s life-stage and circumstance, balancing rigor with practicality.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse continues the śauca-vidhi instructions within Kāśīkhaṇḍa.
Double the cleansing measure for the three āśramas beginning with brahmacarya; at night, perform half of the daytime-prescribed śauca.