Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 45
विना यथा वैभवशक्तिमेकां भवंति हीनाः स्वफलैः क्रियौघाः । तथा विना तं द्विजवर्यमेकं दैत्या जयाशा विमुखा बभूवुः
vinā yathā vaibhavaśaktimekāṃ bhavaṃti hīnāḥ svaphalaiḥ kriyaughāḥ | tathā vinā taṃ dvijavaryamekaṃ daityā jayāśā vimukhā babhūvuḥ
တန်ခိုးပေးသော စွမ်းအားတစ်ခု မရှိလျှင် လုပ်ရပ်များစွာသည် မိမိတို့ရသင့်သော အကျိုးफलမှ ကင်းဝေးသကဲ့သို့၊ ထိုအထွတ်အမြတ် ဒွိဇတစ်ပါး (သုကြာ) မရှိလျှင် ဒဲတျတို့သည် အောင်ပွဲမျှော်လင့်ချက်မှ လှည့်ကွာသွားကြသည်။
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa discourse, typically Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A conceptual scene: many ritual actions (fire offerings, vows, gifts) shown as dim and unfruitful because a single ‘power’ is missing; beside it, the daitya host droops after losing Śukra—visually linking metaphysical principle to narrative consequence.
FAQs
Results require the right enabling principle: without dharmic guidance and divine sanction, even many actions fail to yield their intended fruit.
No specific tīrtha is cited; the verse belongs to the Kāśī-centered Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative.
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