Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 38
असंयतः कुबुद्धीनामात्मा बंधाय कल्पते । धीमद्भिः संयतः सोपि पदं दद्यादनामयम्
asaṃyataḥ kubuddhīnāmātmā baṃdhāya kalpate | dhīmadbhiḥ saṃyataḥ sopi padaṃ dadyādanāmayam
Sa hangal, ang sariling di-napipigil ay nagiging sanhi ng pagkagapos; ngunit ang yaong Sarili, kapag dinisiplina ng marurunong, ay nagkakaloob ng dalisay at walang-lungkot na kalagayan.
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.