Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 70
पुण्यराशिं च विपुलं पुण्यान्भोगान्यथेप्सितान् । स्वर्गं प्राप्नोति तत्पुण्यान्निष्कामो मोक्षमाप्नुयात्
puṇyarāśiṃ ca vipulaṃ puṇyānbhogānyathepsitān | svargaṃ prāpnoti tatpuṇyānniṣkāmo mokṣamāpnuyāt
ಆ ಪುಣ್ಯದಿಂದ ಅಪಾರ ಪುಣ್ಯರಾಶಿಯೂ, ಇಷ್ಟವಾದ ಧರ್ಮ್ಯಭೋಗಗಳೂ ದೊರೆಯುತ್ತವೆ; ಸ್ವರ್ಗಪ್ರಾಪ್ತಿಯೂ ಆಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಆದರೆ ನಿಷ್ಕಾಮನು ಅದೇ ಪುಣ್ಯದಿಂದ ಮೋಕ್ಷವನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತಾನೆ।
Skanda
Tirtha: Prayāga (Tīrtharāja)
Type: sangam
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (frame assumed)
Scene: Two pilgrims at the saṅgama: one offering with longing for prosperity, another serene and detached, hands in añjali; above, symbolic paths—svarga and mokṣa—suggested through light and space.
FAQs
The fruit of merit depends on intention: desire leads to heavenly rewards, while desirelessness leads toward mokṣa.
The context is Prayāga Tīrtharāja, whose merit can yield both svarga and mokṣa.
No explicit ritual; it distinguishes kāmya (desire-based) and niṣkāma (desireless) orientation.