Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 34
गृहाश्रमं समाश्रित्य यः पुनर्ब्रह्मचर्यभाक् । नासौ यतिर्वनस्थो वा स्यात्सर्वाश्रमवर्जितः
gṛhāśramaṃ samāśritya yaḥ punarbrahmacaryabhāk | nāsau yatirvanastho vā syātsarvāśramavarjitaḥ
然而，既已依止居家期（gṛhastha）而又再行梵行（brahmacarya）者，既非出家行者（yati），亦非林居者（vānaprastha）；他将成为离弃一切住期（āśrama）之人，处于制度之外。
Skanda
Scene: A householder at a crossroads: one path leads to home with ritual implements, another to forest with ascetic symbols; elders gesture toward the śāstric path, warning against liminal, unordained identity.
FAQs
Dharma is not mere personal preference; it is an ordered life-path where commitments and stages must be honored with clarity.
The instruction belongs to Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī setting, framing right living as integral to the sanctity of the city.
It warns against adopting a student’s vow after entering household life in a way that breaks the āśrama framework.