Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 78
न कश्चित्कुरुते यज्ञं तीर्थ यात्रामथापरम् । न व्रतं नियमं चैव दानस्यापि कथामपि
na kaścitkurute yajñaṃ tīrtha yātrāmathāparam | na vrataṃ niyamaṃ caiva dānasyāpi kathāmapi
কেউ যজ্ঞ করে না, তীর্থযাত্রাও করে না। ব্রত-নিয়ম পালন হয় না, দানের কথাও পর্যন্ত ওঠে না।
Viśvāmitra
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual frame)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A desolate sacrificial ground with cold altars; people indifferent to vows and charity; the narrator’s lament frames the need for pilgrimage.
FAQs
Dharma is sustained by concrete practices—yajña, pilgrimage, vows, disciplines, and charity—whose neglect leads to moral collapse.
Tīrtha-yātrā in general is upheld as a dharmic pillar; the immediate chapter context centers on Hāṭakeśvara’s tīrtha-glory.
It implicitly prescribes restoring yajña, tīrtha-yātrā, vrata-niyama, and dāna as essential duties.
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