Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 89
ये तप्यंते गतैः पापैः शुचयो देवताव्रताः । इह ते पुत्रपौत्रैश्च मोदंतेऽमुत्र चेह च
ye tapyaṃte gataiḥ pāpaiḥ śucayo devatāvratāḥ | iha te putrapautraiśca modaṃte'mutra ceha ca
Diejenigen, die, nachdem ihre Sünden verloschen sind, Askese üben—rein und den Gelübden gegenüber den Gottheiten treu—freuen sich hier mit Söhnen und Enkeln und freuen sich auch im Jenseits; dort wie hier, in beiden Welten.
Bāla
Scene: A purified vow-keeper (śuci, devatā-vrata) performing austerity and worship; in the foreground a happy household with children and grandchildren; in the background a luminous afterlife scene indicating continued joy beyond death.
FAQs
Purity, repentance, and deity-centered vows lead to well-being in this life and auspicious results after death.
No specific location is named; the verse praises vrata and śauca as universal puranic virtues.
Observance of devatā-vrata (vows dedicated to deities) along with tapas and purity.