Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 40
विदध्यात्षोडशे वर्षे केशांतकर्म च क्रमात् । द्वाविंशे च चतुर्विंशे गार्हस्थ्य प्रतिपत्तये
vidadhyātṣoḍaśe varṣe keśāṃtakarma ca kramāt | dvāviṃśe ca caturviṃśe gārhasthya pratipattaye
பதினாறாம் ஆண்டில் முறையாக கேசாந்தக் கர்மத்தைச் செய்ய வேண்டும்; இருபத்திரண்டாம் முதல் இருபத்திநான்காம் ஆண்டில் கிருஹஸ்த ஆசிரமத்தை ஏற்க வேண்டும்.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda instructing Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A young brahmacārin undergoes keśānta (first shaving/tonsure rite) with a teacher on a Kāśī ghat; in the background, a wedding procession hints at later gṛhastha entry.
FAQs
Dharma is lived through orderly life-stages (āśramas) and timely saṃskāras, aligning personal growth with sacred tradition.
The passage is situated in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī-centered teaching environment rather than naming a single tirtha in this verse.
Keśānta-saṃskāra at age sixteen, followed by entering gārhasthya between ages twenty-two and twenty-four.