Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 89
धन्यानि च ममास्थीनि यानि देवेश ते हितम् । करिष्यंति सदा कार्यं रक्षार्थं त्रिदिवौकसाम्
dhanyāni ca mamāsthīni yāni deveśa te hitam | kariṣyaṃti sadā kāryaṃ rakṣārthaṃ tridivaukasām
हे देवेश! माझी ही अस्थी धन्य आहेत; कारण ती सदैव तुझ्या हिताचे कार्य सिद्ध करतील आणि त्रिदिवातील वासियांच्या रक्षणार्थ नित्य प्रयत्न करतील।
Dadhīci
Scene: A serene great seer speaks with calm resolve before the Lord of gods, declaring his bones blessed for the protection of heaven; the atmosphere is solemn, luminous, and heroic.
FAQs
Even the body becomes sacred when offered for the protection of others and the maintenance of dharma.
This verse is part of tīrtha-mahātmya narration but primarily glorifies the act of dāna and the sanctity of self-offering, not a named tīrtha.
The theme is dāna at its highest form (self-gift), framed as service to devas and protection of the worlds.