Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 7
वैश्या च काचिदभवत्क्रयविक्रयचंचुरा । व्यालग्राहिण्यभूत्काचिद्दासीधात्री च काचन
vaiśyā ca kācidabhavatkrayavikrayacaṃcurā | vyālagrāhiṇyabhūtkāciddāsīdhātrī ca kācana
ایک عورت ویشیا بنی، خرید و فروخت میں نہایت ماہر۔ دوسری درندہ صفت جانور پکڑنے والی ہوئی؛ اور ایک اور شہر میں خدمت کرتی ہوئی داسی اور دایہ بن کر رہی۔
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis (typical frame)
Scene: A bustling Kāśī street near ghāṭa-steps: a woman merchant weighing goods, another handling a captured serpent/creature with a forked staff, a maid attending a household, and a nurse holding an infant—temples and pilgrims in the background.
FAQs
Even amid varied livelihoods and social roles, life in Kāśī is framed within a sacred narrative where all conditions can be oriented toward dharma.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) as a sacred city; this verse itself emphasizes city-life roles rather than naming a specific tīrtha.
None in this verse; it is descriptive rather than prescriptive.