Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 33
यस्याश्रमे ऽत्र दृश्यंते हिंस्रा अपि समंततः । सत्त्वरूपा अमी सत्त्वास्त्यक्त्वा वैरं स्वभावजम्
yasyāśrame 'tra dṛśyaṃte hiṃsrā api samaṃtataḥ | sattvarūpā amī sattvāstyaktvā vairaṃ svabhāvajam
جس کے آشرم میں یہاں چاروں طرف حتیٰ کہ درندہ صفت جانور بھی نرم خو اور ساتتوک دکھائی دیتے ہیں؛ انہوں نے اپنی فطری دشمنی ترک کر دی ہے۔
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (āśrama within the kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A tranquil hermitage scene where normally violent animals sit peacefully together; the ascetic’s presence radiates calm, and the environment appears softened and harmonious.
FAQs
Holiness is measured by its radiance of peace: true tapas creates an atmosphere where even hostility dissolves into sattva.
A sanctified āśrama within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s sacred geography—associated in context with the sage-world (Agastya’s vicinity).
No explicit ritual; it highlights the ethical fruit of sanctity—ahimsa and the abandonment of natural enmity.