Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 38
असंयतः कुबुद्धीनामात्मा बंधाय कल्पते । धीमद्भिः संयतः सोपि पदं दद्यादनामयम्
asaṃyataḥ kubuddhīnāmātmā baṃdhāya kalpate | dhīmadbhiḥ saṃyataḥ sopi padaṃ dadyādanāmayam
மூடர்க்கு கட்டுப்பாடற்ற ஆத்மா பந்தத்திற்குக் காரணமாகிறது; ஆனால் அதே ஆத்மா ஞானிகளால் அடக்கப்பட்டால் மாசற்ற, துயரமற்ற நிலையைக் கொடுக்கும்.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Two contrasted vignettes: a restless person pulled by senses (chains imagery) versus a composed sage seated in meditation by the Ganga, radiating clarity; the ‘same self’ shown as pivot.
FAQs
The same inner faculty can bind or liberate: lack of restraint causes bondage; disciplined wisdom yields the sorrowless state.
The teaching is delivered within Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s liberating landscape, where self-discipline is extolled.
No external ritual; it prescribes saṃyama (restraint/self-control) cultivated by the wise.