Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 23
स्वरूपतो ब्राह्मणत्वादपाकर्तुं न शक्यते । अथ शक्तो व्यपाकर्तुं कः पुण्ये संचिकीर्षति
svarūpato brāhmaṇatvādapākartuṃ na śakyate | atha śakto vyapākartuṃ kaḥ puṇye saṃcikīrṣati
اپنی فطرت کے اعتبار سے برہمن ہونا ترک نہیں کیا جا سکتا۔ اور اگر کوئی ترک کرنے پر قادر بھی ہو، تو پُنّیہ کی سرزمین میں اسے چھوڑنے کی خواہش کون کرے گا؟
Brahmā
Tirtha: Kāśī (puṇya-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A contemplative tableau: Brahmā’s statement is visualized as a steady brāhmaṇa ideal—calm posture, sacred thread, Vedic aura—set within Kāśī’s sanctified atmosphere, suggesting dharma as intrinsic nature.
FAQs
Sacred places intensify responsibility: one should not abandon dharmic identity or duty, especially in a puṇya-kṣetra like Kāśī.
Kāśī is implied as the “puṇya” setting where abandoning dharma would be unthinkable.
None; the focus is on dharmic identity and intention rather than a specific rite.