Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 45
विना यथा वैभवशक्तिमेकां भवंति हीनाः स्वफलैः क्रियौघाः । तथा विना तं द्विजवर्यमेकं दैत्या जयाशा विमुखा बभूवुः
vinā yathā vaibhavaśaktimekāṃ bhavaṃti hīnāḥ svaphalaiḥ kriyaughāḥ | tathā vinā taṃ dvijavaryamekaṃ daityā jayāśā vimukhā babhūvuḥ
ដូចជាការប្រព្រឹត្តជាច្រើន បើខ្វះអំណាចមួយដែលជួយបង្កើនសមត្ថភាព នោះក៏ខ្វះផ្លែផលត្រឹមត្រូវរបស់ខ្លួន; ដូច្នេះដែរ ពេលខ្វះទ្វិជៈឧត្តមមួយនោះ (សុក្រគ្រូ) ដៃត្យទាំងឡាយក៏បែរចេញពីសេចក្តីសង្ឃឹមនៃជ័យជម្នះ។
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa discourse, typically Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A conceptual scene: many ritual actions (fire offerings, vows, gifts) shown as dim and unfruitful because a single ‘power’ is missing; beside it, the daitya host droops after losing Śukra—visually linking metaphysical principle to narrative consequence.
FAQs
Results require the right enabling principle: without dharmic guidance and divine sanction, even many actions fail to yield their intended fruit.
No specific tīrtha is cited; the verse belongs to the Kāśī-centered Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative.
None.