आत्मरक्षात्र कर्तव्या महाश्रेयोभिवृद्धये । अत्रात्म त्यजनोपायं मनसापि न चिंतयेत्
ātmarakṣātra kartavyā mahāśreyobhivṛddhaye | atrātma tyajanopāyaṃ manasāpi na ciṃtayet
Здесь (в Каши) следует хранить себя ради возрастания высшего блага. Здесь не должно даже в уме помышлять о каком-либо способе оставить тело (саморазрушение).
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages
Scene: A compassionate teacher gestures ‘do not’ as a pilgrim stands at a ghat edge; Viśvanātha temple rises behind, signaling that Kāśī’s grace supports life-affirming dharma.
Kāśī’s path to the highest good requires preserving life and rejecting self-harm, even in thought.
Kāśī, framed as a sacred field where life is to be protected for spiritual flourishing.
A moral prescription: practice self-protection and do not consider any act intended to abandon the body.