Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 24
यथैवात्मा परस्तद्वद्द्रष्टव्यः सुखमिच्छता । सुखदुःखानि तुल्यानि यथात्मनि तथा परे
yathaivātmā parastadvaddraṣṭavyaḥ sukhamicchatā | sukhaduḥkhāni tulyāni yathātmani tathā pare
جو خوشی چاہتا ہے وہ جیسے اپنے آپ کو دیکھتا ہے ویسے ہی دوسرے کو بھی دیکھے؛ کیونکہ سکھ اور دکھ برابر ہیں—جو اپنے میں ہے وہی دوسرے میں بھی ہے۔
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim on Kāśī ghāṭs pauses to help another—offering water, food, or support—while the Gaṅgā flows behind; mirrored reflections in water symbolize ‘self in the other’.
FAQs
Ahiṃsā is grounded in empathy: recognizing others’ pain and joy as equal to one’s own.
The teaching belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī setting; no particular tīrtha is singled out in this verse.
None; it gives a universal ethical principle for conduct.