Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 47
अश्वत्थं चैत्यवृक्षं च गुरुं जलभृतं घटम् । सिद्धान्नं दधिसिद्धार्थं गच्छन्कुर्यात्प्रदक्षिणम्
aśvatthaṃ caityavṛkṣaṃ ca guruṃ jalabhṛtaṃ ghaṭam | siddhānnaṃ dadhisiddhārthaṃ gacchankuryātpradakṣiṇam
நடந்து செல்லும் போது அசுவத்தம் (அரசமரம்), சைத்யவிருட்சம், குரு, நீர் நிறைந்த குடம், சமைத்த அன்னம், தயிர், கடுகு—இவற்றை தர்மத்தின் மங்கள ஆதாரங்களெனக் கருதி பக்தியுடன் பிரதட்சிணம் செய்ய வேண்டும்।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (general ācāra within the kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis at Naimiṣāraṇya (typical frame)
Scene: A Kāśī pilgrim walking along a narrow lane near a shrine-tree and aśvattha, hands folded, performing a brief pradakṣiṇā; nearby a guru sits, a water-pot (ghaṭa) is placed by a doorway, and offerings of cooked rice, curd, and mustard are arranged on leaf-plates.
FAQs
Treat supports of life and worship—guru, sacred trees, water, and food—as worthy of reverence; humility and auspicious conduct protect dharma.
The teaching belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī-context, where right conduct is presented as especially meritorious in Vārāṇasī (Kāśī).
Pradakṣiṇā (circumambulation) of sacred trees, the guru, and auspicious/pure items such as a water-pot and prepared foods.