Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 45
विना यथा वैभवशक्तिमेकां भवंति हीनाः स्वफलैः क्रियौघाः । तथा विना तं द्विजवर्यमेकं दैत्या जयाशा विमुखा बभूवुः
vinā yathā vaibhavaśaktimekāṃ bhavaṃti hīnāḥ svaphalaiḥ kriyaughāḥ | tathā vinā taṃ dvijavaryamekaṃ daityā jayāśā vimukhā babhūvuḥ
যেমন একমাত্র বৈভবশক্তি ব্যতিরেকে সমস্ত ক্রিয়াকলাপ ফলহীন হয়, তেমনই সেই দ্বিজশ্রেষ্ঠ (শুক্রাচার্য) বিনা দৈত্যরা জয়ের আশা ত্যাগ করল।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa discourse, typically Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A conceptual scene: many ritual actions (fire offerings, vows, gifts) shown as dim and unfruitful because a single ‘power’ is missing; beside it, the daitya host droops after losing Śukra—visually linking metaphysical principle to narrative consequence.
FAQs
Results require the right enabling principle: without dharmic guidance and divine sanction, even many actions fail to yield their intended fruit.
No specific tīrtha is cited; the verse belongs to the Kāśī-centered Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative.
None.