Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 32
विनैवार्थार्जनोपायं धर्मादर्थो भवेद्ध्रुवम् । अतोऽर्थचिंतामुत्सृज्य धर्ममेकं समाश्रयेत्
vinaivārthārjanopāyaṃ dharmādartho bhaveddhruvam | ato'rthaciṃtāmutsṛjya dharmamekaṃ samāśrayet
ধন অর্জনের প্রচলিত উপায় না থাকলেও ধর্ম থেকেই নিশ্চিতভাবে অর্থ লাভ হয়। অতএব লাভের চিন্তা ত্যাগ করে একমাত্র ধর্মের আশ্রয় গ্রহণ করা উচিত।
Skanda (deduced; Kāśī-khaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A teacher-sage on a Kāśī ghat gestures gently as a worried householder loosens his grip on a money pouch; behind them, pilgrims proceed calmly toward a Śiva shrine—symbolizing artha-anxiety dissolving into dharma-refuge.
FAQs
Prioritize Dharma; worldly prosperity follows naturally, so abandon restless worry about wealth.
Implicitly Kāśī/Avimukta through the chapter’s Kāśī-māhātmya setting.
No specific ritual; it is an ethical prescription: take refuge in Dharma and relinquish artha-anxiety.