Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 32
यावद्वेदमधीते च चरन्वेदव्रतानि च । ब्रह्मचारी भवेत्तावदूर्ध्वं स्नातो गृही भवेत्
yāvadvedamadhīte ca caranvedavratāni ca | brahmacārī bhavettāvadūrdhvaṃ snāto gṛhī bhavet
வேதத்தைப் பயின்றும் வேதவிரதங்களை அனுஷ்டித்தும் இருக்கும் வரை பிரம்மச்சாரியாக இருக்க வேண்டும். அதன் பின் சமாவர்த்தன ஸ்நானம் செய்து இல்லறத்துக்குள் (கிருஹஸ்தாஷ்ரமம்) செல்ல வேண்டும்.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (Gaṅgā within Kāśī as the implied snāna setting)
Type: kshetra
Listener: General dharma audience; especially students and householders
Scene: A student completes Veda-study, performs the concluding bath at a riverbank (Gaṅgā), then is shown receiving blessings as a snātaka ready for household life; Kāśī ghāṭs and sunrise frame the rite of completion.
FAQs
Life is structured as dharmic stages: learning and restraint first, then responsibility and sacred household duty.
Kāśī is the narrative frame, presenting the city as a traditional center for Vedic study and āśrama-based dharma.
It indicates the completion of brahmacarya through the concluding bath (snāna) before entering gṛhastha.