Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 78
व्रतैः संशोधिते देहे धर्मो वसति निश्चलः । अर्थकामौ सनिर्वाणौ तत्र यत्र वृष स्थितिः
vrataiḥ saṃśodhite dehe dharmo vasati niścalaḥ | arthakāmau sanirvāṇau tatra yatra vṛṣa sthitiḥ
ਵ੍ਰਤਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਸ਼ੋਧਿਤ ਦੇਹ ਵਿੱਚ ਧਰਮ ਅਡੋਲ ਵੱਸਦਾ ਹੈ। ਅਤੇ ਜਿੱਥੇ ਧਰਮ ਦਾ ਵ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਭ ਸਥਾਪਿਤ ਹੋਵੇ, ਉੱਥੇ ਅਰਥ ਤੇ ਕਾਮ, ਅਤੇ ਨਿਰਵਾਣ ਸਮੇਤ ਮੋਖਸ਼ ਵੀ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਹੁੰਦੇ ਹਨ।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Allegorical tableau: Dharma as a white bull standing firm on a purified platform; around it, personified Artha and Kāma approach respectfully, while Mokṣa/Nirvāṇa appears as a radiant, calm presence above Kāśī’s skyline.
FAQs
Vrata purifies the person so Dharma becomes stable, and the full aims of life—including liberation—become attainable.
No specific site is named; the verse states a universal principle used to frame Kāśī’s vrata-centered māhātmya.
General vrata-observance as the means to purify the body and establish Dharma.