विद्वेष रागरहिता अनुतिष्ठंति यं मुने । विद्वांसस्तं सदाचारं धर्ममूलं विदुर्बुधाः
vidveṣa rāgarahitā anutiṣṭhaṃti yaṃ mune | vidvāṃsastaṃ sadācāraṃ dharmamūlaṃ vidurbudhāḥ
اے مُنی، جس عمل کو دانا لوگ بغض اور رغبت (وابستگی) سے پاک ہو کر انجام دیتے ہیں، اہلِ دانش اسی سداچار کو دھرم کی جڑ جانتے ہیں۔
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: A sage (muni) and the broader assembly
Scene: A sage addresses a disciple by the Ganga; two symbolic figures—Rāga and Dveṣa—fade into mist as the disciple adopts a calm, centered posture; a dharma-tree motif shows roots labeled 'sadācāra'.
True dharma begins with conduct performed without attachment or aversion—inner purity expresses itself as sadācāra.
The verse is part of the Kāśī Khaṇḍa discourse; it teaches universal dharma rather than naming a specific tīrtha.
No external ritual is specified; the prescription is inner discipline—acting without rāga (attachment) and dveṣa (hatred).