Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 72
धर्मार्थी धर्ममाप्नोति धनार्थी धनमाप्नुयात् । कामी कामानवाप्नोति मोक्षार्थी मोक्षमाप्नुयात्
dharmārthī dharmamāpnoti dhanārthī dhanamāpnuyāt | kāmī kāmānavāpnoti mokṣārthī mokṣamāpnuyāt
ધર્મ ઇચ્છનાર ધર્મ પ્રાપ્ત કરે છે, ધન ઇચ્છનાર ધન પ્રાપ્ત કરે છે. કામી ઇચ્છિત ભોગો પામે છે અને મોક્ષાર્થી મોક્ષ પ્રાપ્ત કરે છે.
Skanda (contextual attribution within Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages
Scene: A symbolic composition of the four puruṣārthas around Kāśī: dharma as a lamp/śāstra, artha as grain/coins offered in dāna, kāma as harmonious couple blessing, mokṣa as Śiva’s serene presence above the Gaṅgā and cremation-ghat horizon.
FAQs
In the sanctity of Kāśī, rightly performed dharma is said to culminate in the fulfillment of all four human aims, culminating in mokṣa.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), the famed mokṣa-kṣetra of the Skanda Purāṇa.
The verse is a general phala-statement; the implied practice is the vrata being discussed in the adhyāya.