Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 24
विभोरपि समाज्ञेयं धर्मवर्त्मानुसारिणि । न किंचिदपकर्तव्यं जानता केनचित्क्वचित
vibhorapi samājñeyaṃ dharmavartmānusāriṇi | na kiṃcidapakartavyaṃ jānatā kenacitkvacita
தர்மப் பாதையைப் பின்பற்றுபவர், வல்லவராயினும், எது உகந்தது என்பதை அறிய வேண்டும்; அறிந்தபின் யாரும் எங்கும் சிறிதளவும் தீங்கு செய்யக் கூடாது।
Brahmā
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A didactic moment: Śiva’s calm authority and Brahmā’s assent frame a moral maxim; imagery can show a powerful figure lowering weapons/ego, symbolizing that might bows to dharma, with Kāśī’s sacred skyline behind.
FAQs
Power does not excuse adharma; true knowledge expresses itself as non-harm and disciplined righteousness.
The verse is framed within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa discourse; the implied setting is the dharmic atmosphere of Kāśī.
No ritual is prescribed; it is a universal dharma instruction: avoid wrongdoing and harm everywhere.