Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 54
व्यास उवाच । कष्टं वने निवसतोऽत्र सदा नरस्य नो केवलं निजतनुप्रभवं भवेच्च । दैवं च पित्र्यमखिलं न विभाति कृत्यं तस्माद्गृहे निवसतात्महितं प्रचिन्त्यम्
vyāsa uvāca | kaṣṭaṃ vane nivasato'tra sadā narasya no kevalaṃ nijatanuprabhavaṃ bhavecca | daivaṃ ca pitryamakhilaṃ na vibhāti kṛtyaṃ tasmādgṛhe nivasatātmahitaṃ pracintyam
Disse Vyāsa: Para o homem que habita continuamente na floresta, surgem dificuldades—não apenas as nascidas do próprio corpo. Além disso, o conjunto dos deveres para com os deuses e para com os ancestrais (pitṛ) não pode ser cumprido como convém. Portanto, vivendo em casa, deve-se ponderar e buscar o que é verdadeiramente benéfico para o si mesmo.
Vyāsa
Scene: Vyāsa instructs on the limits of constant forest-dwelling: an ascetic hut in a sparse forest contrasts with a household courtyard where fire-altar, offerings, and pitṛ-tarpaṇa are performed; the teaching is calm and didactic.
FAQs
Renunciation without capacity to fulfill essential dharmic obligations is incomplete; one should pursue spiritual good while honoring duties.
No particular tīrtha is named; the verse supports the Mahātmya’s broader dharma framework that makes pilgrimage meaningful.
It points to daiva and pitṛya obligations (offerings/rites to gods and ancestors) as duties more practicable within gṛhastha life.