Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 42
दानवान्पुरुषः पापं नालं कर्तुमिति श्रुतिः । स्थाणुभक्तो जन्ममृत्यू नाप्नोतीति श्रुति स्तथा
dānavānpuruṣaḥ pāpaṃ nālaṃ kartumiti śrutiḥ | sthāṇubhakto janmamṛtyū nāpnotīti śruti stathā
Die Śruti lehrt: Ein freigebiger Mensch ist nicht imstande, Sünde zu begehen. Ebenso lehrt die Śruti: Wer Sthāṇu (Śiva) in Bhakti verehrt, gelangt nicht zu Geburt und Tod.
Sārasvata (continued)
Scene: Two-panel moral tableau: left, a householder giving alms, with dark ‘sin’ motifs receding; right, a devotee absorbed in Śiva-bhakti, with a broken chain symbolizing release from birth and death, Śiva as Sthāṇu blessing.
FAQs
Charity purifies conduct, and devotion to Śiva is presented as a direct means toward liberation beyond the cycle of birth and death.
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Cultivate dāna (charitable giving) and sthāṇu-bhakti (devotion to Śiva) as scripturally endorsed practices.