Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 80
इत्यादि सत्प्रवृत्तिश्च कर्तव्या क्षेत्रवासिना । प्रत्यहं चेति शिष्येभ्यः सधर्ममुपदेक्ष्यति
ityādi satpravṛttiśca kartavyā kṣetravāsinā | pratyahaṃ ceti śiṣyebhyaḥ sadharmamupadekṣyati
இத்தகைய உயர்ந்த நடத்தையும் அதனையொத்தவையும் க்ஷேத்திரவாசி கடைப்பிடிக்க வேண்டும்; மேலும் நாள்தோறும் சீடர்களுக்கு அந்த தர்மநெறியை உபதேசிக்க வேண்டும்।
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative norm)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Purāṇic audience (contextual)
Scene: A small courtyard near a Kāśī ghat: a teacher seated on a mat, disciples around, palm-leaf manuscript open; behind them a shrine lamp and the soundscape of the city—teaching as daily worship.
FAQs
In Kāśī, dharma is not only practiced privately but transmitted: daily teaching sustains a living tradition of virtue.
Kāśī as the kṣetra where righteous conduct and dharma-teaching are treated as sacred duties.
A daily discipline is implied: consistent instruction (upadeśa) of dharma to disciples.