Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 116
असौ लोके च्युतो राजन्भूतले द्विजमन्दिरे । कुशलो जायते पुत्रो गुणविद्याधनर्द्धिमान्
asau loke cyuto rājanbhūtale dvijamandire | kuśalo jāyate putro guṇavidyādhanarddhimān
يا أيها الملك، إذا هبط مثلُ هذا من ذلك العالم وولد من جديد على الأرض، وُلد في بيتٍ لبرهمن؛ ويصير ابنًا كفؤًا، موفورَ الخصال، والعلم، والمال، والرخاء.
Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual, addressing the King: rājan)
Tirtha: Hanūmanteśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rājā (rājan)
Scene: A narrative split-scene: first, the donor completes the gift at the shrine; second, a newborn in a brāhmaṇa home grows into a learned, prosperous youth—symbolizing puṇya’s maturation.
FAQs
Meritorious acts yield both heavenly enjoyment and auspicious rebirth marked by virtue, education, and prosperity.
The verse sits within the Hanūmanteśvara Tīrtha context of Adhyāya 83, describing the fruits connected to that dharmic practice.
No new rite is prescribed here; it states the karmic outcome (phala) of the previously described dharmic act.