Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 39
कृती संचिनुयाद्धर्मं ततोऽमुत्र सहायिनम् । धर्मं सहायिनं लब्द्ध्वा संतरेद्दुस्तरं तमः
kṛtī saṃcinuyāddharmaṃ tato'mutra sahāyinam | dharmaṃ sahāyinaṃ labddhvā saṃtareddustaraṃ tamaḥ
അതുകൊണ്ട് വിവേകി ധർമ്മം സമ്പാദിക്കണം; പരലോകത്തിൽ അതാണ് സഹായകൻ. ധർമ്മത്തെ സഹചാരിയായി ലഭിച്ചാൽ ദുഷ്കരമായ തമസ്സിനെ അവൻ കടന്നുപോകുന്നു।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A wise person gathers ‘dharma’ like grains into a vessel; the vessel becomes a boat carrying the soul across a dark river of tamas toward a luminous city (Kāśī) crowned by a Śiva-liṅga silhouette.
FAQs
Dharma is spiritual capital: it enables the soul to pass beyond darkness and peril after death.
The discourse belongs to Kāśī-khaṇḍa, implying that dharma practiced in Kāśī becomes especially efficacious.
No specific rite is named; the prescription is to ‘accumulate dharma’ through sustained righteous living and worshipful conduct.