Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 2
अपत्यापत्यमालोक्य ग्राम्याहारान्विसृज्य च । पत्नीं पुत्रेषु संत्यज्य पत्न्या वा वनमाविशेत्
apatyāpatyamālokya grāmyāhārānvisṛjya ca | patnīṃ putreṣu saṃtyajya patnyā vā vanamāviśet
Khi đã thấy con cháu được yên ổn, và đã từ bỏ các món ăn thế tục, người ấy nên phó thác người vợ cho các con trai; hoặc, cùng với vợ, bước vào rừng.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A couple at life’s turning point: the husband, austere and calm, gestures toward the forest; sons stand respectfully, receiving responsibility; simple food vessels are set aside, indicating abandonment of worldly diet.
FAQs
Renunciation should be responsible: after ensuring family continuity, one may withdraw from worldly life for spiritual practice.
No single tirtha is named in this verse; it belongs to the Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s broader dharma framework associated with the sacred field of Kāśī.
Abandoning grāmya (worldly) diet and formally entering vānaprastha, either alone (after entrusting the wife to sons) or together with the wife.