Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 37
तपांसि नानारूपाणि व्रतानि नियमा यमाः । सिंधूनामपि संभेदा अरण्यानि बहून्यपि
tapāṃsi nānārūpāṇi vratāni niyamā yamāḥ | siṃdhūnāmapi saṃbhedā araṇyāni bahūnyapi
طرح طرح کی تپسیا، ورت، نیَم اور یَم؛ دریاؤں کی بھی بہت سی شاخیں؛ اور بے شمار جنگلات بھی—یہ سب سادھن (وسیلے) کہے جاتے ہیں۔
Skanda (deduced; Kāśī-khaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Generic river-tīrthas and forest-araṇyas (not a single named site)
Type: ghat
Listener: null
Scene: A sequence of ascetics performing varied tapas in a forest hermitage; nearby, a river with pilgrims bathing; symbolic scroll listing yama-niyama and vrata as a garland of practices.
FAQs
Many disciplines and sacred environments are honored, yet the surrounding passage aims to show a higher, simpler refuge in Kāśī/Avimukta.
No single tīrtha is named; it references rivers and forests broadly within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa context.
Vratas (vows), tapas (austerities), and ethical disciplines (yama-niyama) are listed.