Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 54
एवमाद्या गुणा यस्य वरस्य वरचेष्टितम् । तस्मै प्रयच्छ मां तात मम तेपीहशर्मणे
evamādyā guṇā yasya varasya varaceṣṭitam | tasmai prayaccha māṃ tāta mama tepīhaśarmaṇe
یوں اس برگزیدہ ہستی کی یہ اور ایسی بہت سی صفات ہیں، جس کا کردار خود نمونۂ کمال ہے۔ اے پتا، مجھے اسی کے سپرد کر دے، تاکہ اسی زندگی میں بھی میری خیر و سعادت ہو۔
Dhūtapāpā
Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual backdrop)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A respectful domestic-court scene: a daughter addresses her father after hearing praise of an exemplary man; in the background, a Kāśī shrine suggests that the request is sanctified by sacred presence.
FAQs
Dharma values character and exemplary conduct; life decisions should be anchored in virtue that yields true well-being.
The Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī setting frames the account, but this verse itself does not praise a named shrine or ghāṭa.
It culminates the request for kanyādāna to a worthy ‘vara’; no other ritual details are given.