Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 73
विपत्तिं विपुलां चापि संपत्तिमतिभंगुराम् । अक्षया मुक्तिरेकास्तु विपाकस्तस्य कर्मणः
vipattiṃ vipulāṃ cāpi saṃpattimatibhaṃgurām | akṣayā muktirekāstu vipākastasya karmaṇaḥ
বিপুল বিপদ আহিলেও, বা সম্পত্তি দেখা দিলেও—যি অতি ভঙ্গুৰ—এনে পবিত্ৰ কৰ্মৰ একমাত্ৰ স্থায়ী ফল হ’ল অক্ষয় মুক্তি।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage audience within Kāśī-māhātmya frame
Scene: A pilgrim stands on a Kāśī ghāṭ witnessing alternating scenes of loss and gain around him, yet his gaze rests on a Śiva shrine, symbolizing that only mukti is enduring.
FAQs
Worldly gain and loss are unstable; the highest and lasting outcome of dharma in Kāśī is akṣaya-mukti.
Kāśī, praised as a kṣetra where the ripened fruit of merit culminates in liberation.
No single rite is specified here; the verse emphasizes the ultimate fruit (mokṣa) of meritorious action performed in the sacred field.