Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 60
समित्पुष्पकुशप्रायैः साधनैर्यद्यचेतनैः । क्रियते तत्तथा भावि कार्यं कारणवन्नृणाम्
samitpuṣpakuśaprāyaiḥ sādhanairyadyacetanaiḥ | kriyate tattathā bhāvi kāryaṃ kāraṇavannṛṇām
Si un acte est accompli avec des moyens qui ne sont pour l’essentiel que des bûchettes d’offrande, des fleurs et de l’herbe kuśa—choses sans conscience—alors le fruit pour les hommes naîtra en conséquence, tel un effet dépendant de sa cause.
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.