Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 37
आश्रमांश्चतुरस्त्वेवं क्रमादासेव्य पंडितः । निर्द्वंद्वस्त्यक्तसंगश्च ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते
āśramāṃścaturastvevaṃ kramādāsevya paṃḍitaḥ | nirdvaṃdvastyaktasaṃgaśca brahmabhūyāya kalpate
Như vậy, bậc trí giả lần lượt trải qua bốn āśrama đúng pháp—vượt ngoài các cặp đối đãi và đã lìa bỏ chấp trước—thì xứng đáng cho sự chứng ngộ Brahman.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A symbolic progression: student, householder, forest-dweller, and renunciant shown in four panels leading to a meditative sage seated facing the Ganga, serene and unattached.
FAQs
Orderly dharmic living culminating in detachment and equanimity prepares one for Brahman-realization.
Kāśī is the spiritual context where the culmination of āśrama-dharma into liberation is celebrated.
No single ritual; it recommends the disciplined progression through the four āśramas with growing detachment.