Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 59
यस्तत्र निवसेद्विप्र संयतात्मा समाहितः । त्रिकालमपि भुंजानो वायुभक्षसमो भवेत्
yastatra nivasedvipra saṃyatātmā samāhitaḥ | trikālamapi bhuṃjāno vāyubhakṣasamo bhavet
اے وِپر (برہمن)، جو کوئی وہاں ضبطِ نفس اور یکسو دل کے ساتھ رہے—اگرچہ دن میں تین وقت بھی کھائے—وہ ہوا پر گزارا کرنے والے کے مانند ہو جاتا ہے۔
Skanda
Tirtha: Avimukta
Type: kshetra
Listener: vipra (addressed) / muni in frame
Scene: A disciplined brāhmaṇa/yogin residing near Kāśī’s ghats, calm and collected, taking simple food yet surrounded by an aura of lightness—symbolizing ‘vayubhakṣa-sama’ (as if living on air).
FAQs
In Avimukta, inner discipline magnifies spiritual merit—ordinary living becomes equivalent to severe austerity.
Avimukta-kṣetra (Kāśī/Vārāṇasī).
A discipline of residence with self-restraint (saṃyama) and concentration (samādhi-like collectedness); dietary austerity is reinterpreted through the kṣetra’s power.