Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 82
कैश्चित्सार्द्धं विरोधो न कर्तव्यः केनचित्क्वचित् । कर्तव्यश्चेत्प्रयत्नेन यथा नोपहसेज्जनः
kaiścitsārddhaṃ virodho na kartavyaḥ kenacitkvacit | kartavyaścetprayatnena yathā nopahasejjanaḥ
ਕੁਝ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਕਦੇ ਵੀ, ਕਿਸੇ ਵੱਲੋਂ, ਕਿਸੇ ਥਾਂ ਵਿਰੋਧ ਨਹੀਂ ਕਰਨਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ। ਅਤੇ ਜੇ ਕਰਨਾ ਹੀ ਪਵੇ, ਤਾਂ ਐਸੇ ਜਤਨ ਨਾਲ ਕਿ ਲੋਕ ਹਾਸਾ ਨਾ ਕਰਨ।
Narrative voice (contextual; within Kāśīkhaṇḍa often Skanda’s discourse)
Scene: A calm sage instructs attentive listeners, palm raised in counsel; behind them a road with pilgrims, suggesting the teaching applies to travelers and communities.
FAQs
Dharma includes restraint and prudence: avoid needless enmity, and act carefully when duty requires confrontation.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is general dharma-nīti instruction embedded in the Kāśī-khaṇḍa.
None; it is guidance on conduct (ācāra) rather than a ritual rule.