Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 15
अध्याप्याधर्मतोनार्थात्साध्वाप्तज्ञानवित्तदाः । शक्ताः कृतज्ञाः शुचयोऽद्रोहकाश्चानसूयकाः
adhyāpyādharmatonārthātsādhvāptajñānavittadāḥ | śaktāḥ kṛtajñāḥ śucayo'drohakāścānasūyakāḥ
ក្រោយបានសិក្សា មិនគួរស្វែងរកទ្រព្យដោយផ្លូវអធម៌; ត្រូវមានសីលធម៌ ទទួលបានដោយត្រឹមត្រូវ ហើយចែករំលែកទាំងចំណេះដឹង និងធនធាន—មានសមត្ថភាព ដឹងគុណ បរិសុទ្ធ មិនមានចិត្តប៉ងអាក្រក់ និងគ្មានការច嫉។
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A learned householder-scholar in Kāśī refuses a dubious bribe, then teaches students and gives alms to a needy person; his face is calm, free of jealousy; a temple flag flutters nearby.
FAQs
True prosperity is dharmic: one must avoid unrighteous gain and instead cultivate purity, gratitude, generosity, and non-envy.
No particular site is named; it is a general dharma teaching placed within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s sacred way of life.
Not a ritual but an ethical prescription: avoid adharma for wealth, and practice giving—especially knowledge and resources—grounded in virtue.