अहिंसा परमो धर्म इहोक्तः पूर्वसूरिभिः । तस्मान्न हिंसा कर्तव्या नरैर्नरकभीरुभिः
ahiṃsā paramo dharma ihoktaḥ pūrvasūribhiḥ | tasmānna hiṃsā kartavyā narairnarakabhīrubhiḥ
Ahiṃsā—không bạo hại—là pháp tối thượng, như các bậc hiền triết thuở xưa đã tuyên thuyết nơi đây. Vì vậy, người đời sợ địa ngục chớ bao giờ làm điều bạo lực.
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).