Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 37
भवंति चात्र श्लोकाः । धर्मादनवमं सौख्यमधर्माद्दुःखसम्भवः । तस्माद्धर्मं सुखार्थाय कुर्यात्पापं विवर्जयेत्
bhavaṃti cātra ślokāḥ | dharmādanavamaṃ saukhyamadharmādduḥkhasambhavaḥ | tasmāddharmaṃ sukhārthāya kuryātpāpaṃ vivarjayet
येथे श्लोक आहेत—धर्मातून अखंड सुख मिळते, अधर्मातून दुःख उत्पन्न होते। म्हणून सुखासाठी धर्म करावा आणि पाप टाळावे।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), by section-context (Māheśvarakhaṇḍa discourse)
Scene: A teaching moment: a sage recites a concise maxim; behind him, a symbolic split scene—on one side a bright path of dharma leading to peace, on the other a dark path of adharma leading to suffering.
FAQs
Dharma is the root of lasting well-being, while adharma inevitably generates suffering; choose dharma for true happiness.
No particular sacred site is mentioned; the verse is a universal dharma-sūkti (moral maxim).
The prescription is general: practice dharma and renounce pāpa; no specific vrata, dāna, or snāna is named.