Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 60
समित्पुष्पकुशप्रायैः साधनैर्यद्यचेतनैः । क्रियते तत्तथा भावि कार्यं कारणवन्नृणाम्
samitpuṣpakuśaprāyaiḥ sādhanairyadyacetanaiḥ | kriyate tattathā bhāvi kāryaṃ kāraṇavannṛṇām
Wenn eine Handlung mit Mitteln vollzogen wird, die größtenteils nur Opferhölzer, Blumen und Kuśa‑Gras sind—Dinge ohne Bewusstsein—, dann wird auch die Frucht für die Menschen entsprechend entstehen, wie eine Wirkung, die von ihrer Ursache abhängt.
Unspecified narrator in dialogue (continuing philosophical critique)
Scene: A teaching scene where ritual items—samidha, flowers, kuśa—are shown as lifeless objects, while a luminous mind/heart motif indicates the true driver of results.
FAQs
Results mirror causes: when worship is reduced to insentient materials, the outcome too becomes limited; inner consciousness is essential.
None; the verse is a general principle about ritual causality rather than a place-māhātmya.
It references common ritual implements (samit, flowers, kuśa) and implies that ritual should not be merely material or mechanical.