सर्वेतनुभृतस्तुल्या यदि बुद्ध्या विचार्यते । इदं निश्चित्य केनापि नो हिंस्यः कोपि कुत्रचित्
sarvetanubhṛtastulyā yadi buddhyā vicāryate | idaṃ niścitya kenāpi no hiṃsyaḥ kopi kutracit
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Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda instructing Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sage instructs pilgrims at a Kāśī ghāṭ: humans, animals, and birds share the same space; the teacher’s gesture indicates equality and the injunction ‘do not harm’.
Discerning the equality of life leads to a universal rule: do not harm any being anywhere.
The instruction is embedded in Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s sacred setting, but it is not tied to a single tīrtha description.
A moral injunction (ahiṃsā) is given; no specific snāna/dāna/japa is stated.