Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29
यस्मिन्धर्मे दया नैव स धर्मो दूषितो मतः । दयां विना न विज्ञानं न धर्मो ज्ञानमेव च
yasmindharme dayā naiva sa dharmo dūṣito mataḥ | dayāṃ vinā na vijñānaṃ na dharmo jñānameva ca
Dharma yang tanpa welas asih dianggap telah tercemar. Tanpa welas asih tidak ada kebijaksanaan sejati, tidak ada dharma, bahkan tidak ada pengetahuan rohani yang murni.
Brahmā (inferred from chapter colophon context)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nārada
Scene: A symbolic balance: on one side ritual implements and scriptures, on the other compassionate acts; the scale tips toward compassion as the purifier of dharma and knowledge.
FAQs
Compassion is the non-negotiable foundation of dharma and authentic spiritual insight.
This ethical teaching is delivered within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya setting of Nāgara-khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
Adopt dayā (compassion) as a guiding rule for all vrata and tīrtha conduct; without it, ritual and knowledge are deemed defective.