अहिंसा परमो धर्म इहोक्तः पूर्वसूरिभिः । तस्मान्न हिंसा कर्तव्या नरैर्नरकभीरुभिः
ahiṃsā paramo dharma ihoktaḥ pūrvasūribhiḥ | tasmānna hiṃsā kartavyā narairnarakabhīrubhiḥ
اہنسا ہی سب سے اعلیٰ دھرم ہے—یہی بات قدیم رشیوں نے یہاں بیان کی ہے۔ لہٰذا جو لوگ نرک سے ڈرتے ہیں وہ کبھی بھی ہنسا (تشدد) نہ کریں۔
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda instructing Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A stern yet compassionate sage proclaims ‘ahiṃsā paramo dharmaḥ’ to a gathered crowd of pilgrims; in the background, a faint contrasting vision shows the consequences of violence (naraka) as a deterrent motif.
Ahiṃsā is proclaimed the supreme dharma; one should avoid harming others, mindful of moral consequence.
The verse is part of Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s dharma teaching (Kāśī/Vārāṇasī context), not a description of a particular tīrtha.
A general prohibition is stated: do not perform hiṃsā (violence).