Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 22
गच्छेत्परिहरन्जन्तून्पिबेत्कं वस्त्रशोधितम् । वाचं वदेदनुद्वेगां न क्रुध्येत्केनचित्क्वचित्
gacchetpariharanjantūnpibetkaṃ vastraśodhitam | vācaṃ vadedanudvegāṃ na krudhyetkenacitkvacit
وہ جانداروں سے بچتے ہوئے احتیاط سے چلے؛ کپڑے سے چھانا ہوا پانی پیے؛ ایسے کلمات کہے جو کسی کو اضطراب میں نہ ڈالیں؛ اور کہیں بھی، کسی پر بھی غضب نہ کرے۔
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage audience / sages in frame narrative
Scene: A mendicant in Kāśī walks slowly, eyes lowered, avoiding ants and small beings; he filters water through cloth; he speaks softly to a householder; his face remains calm despite provocation.
FAQs
Renunciation is expressed through compassion in action, purity in consumption, and gentleness in speech and temperament.
The discipline is taught within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa setting, where Kāśī is upheld as a field for refined dharma.
Filtering water through cloth and mindful walking to avoid harming small beings; also the vow-like restraint of non-angry conduct.