प्राणायामश्च तपसां मंत्राणां प्रणवो यथा । धर्माणामप्यहिंसा च काम्यानां श्रीर्यथा वरा
prāṇāyāmaśca tapasāṃ maṃtrāṇāṃ praṇavo yathā | dharmāṇāmapyahiṃsā ca kāmyānāṃ śrīryathā varā
ଯଥା ତପମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ପ୍ରାଣାୟାମ ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ ଓ ମନ୍ତ୍ରମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ପ୍ରଣବ (ଓଁ); ଯଥା ଧର୍ମମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ଅହିଂସା ଓ କାମ୍ୟ ବରମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ଶ୍ରୀ ସର୍ବୋତ୍ତମ—ତଥା ଏହି ତୀର୍ଥ ମଧ୍ୟ ଉତ୍କୃଷ୍ଟ।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī tīrtha (Gaṅgā/Viśveśvara sphere, implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience
Scene: Four emblematic motifs—yogi in prāṇāyāma, glowing Oṃ, compassionate figure practicing ahiṃsā, and Lakṣmī/Śrī bestowing auspiciousness—converge toward the sacred tīrtha backdrop.
Spiritual life has central pillars—discipline, sacred sound, and compassion—used here to frame the highest excellence of the sacred context.
Contextually, the Gaṅgā-tīrtha in Kāśī is being praised as ‘foremost’ like Oṃ among mantras.
Prāṇāyāma and reverence for Praṇava (Oṃ) are referenced as exemplary practices; ahiṃsā is upheld as a paramount dharma.