Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 22
अमून्षड्वैरिणो जित्वा सर्वत्र विजयी भवेत् । शनैः संचिनुयाद्धर्मं वल्मीकं शृंगवान्यथा
amūnṣaḍvairiṇo jitvā sarvatra vijayī bhavet | śanaiḥ saṃcinuyāddharmaṃ valmīkaṃ śṛṃgavānyathā
এই ছয় বৈৰীক জয় কৰিলে মানুহ সকলো ঠাইতে বিজয়ী হয়। ধৰ্ম ধীৰে ধীৰে সঞ্চয় কৰিব লাগে, যেনেকৈ উইপোকাৰ ঢিপি দানা দানা কৰি উঠি আহে।
Unspecified (Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa narrative voice; traditionally framed within Sūta’s discourse in Purāṇic setting)
Scene: A practitioner walking a path with six defeated adversaries behind; foreground shows a termite mound forming from tiny grains carried by ants—symbolizing slow dharma accumulation.
FAQs
True victory is inner victory; dharma is built steadily through consistent practice rather than sudden effort.
No specific sacred site is named; the teaching supports the ethos of pilgrimage by emphasizing inner purification alongside travel.
No single rite is specified; the prescription is sustained sādhana—gradual accumulation of merit through disciplined living.