Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 84
किं बहूक्तेन सुश्रोणि कृतंयेन व्रतं त्विदम् । व्रतानि तेन सर्वाणि कृतानि व्रतिना ध्रुवम्
kiṃ bahūktena suśroṇi kṛtaṃyena vrataṃ tvidam | vratāni tena sarvāṇi kṛtāni vratinā dhruvam
હે સુશ્રોણિ, વધુ કહેવાનું શું? જેણે આ વ્રત કર્યું છે, તેણે નિશ્ચયે સર્વ વ્રતો કર્યા—એવું જ માનવામાં આવે છે।
Skanda (contextual attribution within Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogues)
Listener: A addressed female interlocutor (‘suśroṇi’)
Scene: A concluding phala-śruti moment: a teacher-figure addressing a noble woman (‘suśroṇi’), gesturing as if to say ‘enough said’, with Kāśī’s ghāṭas and a Śiva-liṅga shrine in the background.
FAQs
Some dharmic observances are praised as so potent that they are held equivalent to many other vows.
The verse is a concluding praise of a vow within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa context, not direct tīrtha-glorification.
It offers a doctrinal assurance: performing this one vow is deemed tantamount to performing all vows.