अपत्यापत्यमालोक्य ग्राम्याहारान्विसृज्य च । पत्नीं पुत्रेषु संत्यज्य पत्न्या वा वनमाविशेत्
apatyāpatyamālokya grāmyāhārānvisṛjya ca | patnīṃ putreṣu saṃtyajya patnyā vā vanamāviśet
اولاد اور پوتے پوتیوں کو آسودہ و محفوظ دیکھ کر، دنیوی خوراک ترک کر کے، وہ اپنی بیوی کو بیٹوں کے سپرد کرے؛ یا پھر بیوی کے ساتھ ہی جنگل میں داخل ہو جائے۔
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A couple at life’s turning point: the husband, austere and calm, gestures toward the forest; sons stand respectfully, receiving responsibility; simple food vessels are set aside, indicating abandonment of worldly diet.
Renunciation should be responsible: after ensuring family continuity, one may withdraw from worldly life for spiritual practice.
No single tirtha is named in this verse; it belongs to the Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s broader dharma framework associated with the sacred field of Kāśī.
Abandoning grāmya (worldly) diet and formally entering vānaprastha, either alone (after entrusting the wife to sons) or together with the wife.