Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 94
ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया वैश्याः स्वधर्म निरताः सदा । अन्येपि ये संयमिनः संयमिन्यां वसंति ते
brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ svadharma niratāḥ sadā | anyepi ye saṃyaminaḥ saṃyaminyāṃ vasaṃti te
برہمن، کشتری اور ویشیہ—جو ہمیشہ اپنے سْوَدھرم میں راسخ رہتے ہیں—اور دوسرے بھی جو ضبطِ نفس والے ہیں؛ وہ سب سَمیَمِنی (یم کی بستی) میں سکونت رکھتے ہیں۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Saṃyaminī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Procession of disciplined souls—brāhmaṇa with scriptures, kṣatriya with restrained valor, vaiśya with honest scales, and other ascetics—entering the luminous city Saṃyaminī; Yama presides as a just, calm sovereign.
FAQs
Steadfastness in svadharma and inner discipline is praised as a righteous path recognized even in the administration of cosmic justice.
Kāśī is the macro-context (Kāśīkhaṇḍa), while Saṃyaminī is mentioned as Yama’s abode rather than a Kāśī tīrtha.
No specific rite; the prescription is continuous conduct—svadharma and saṃyama.