Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3
युधिष्ठिर उवाच । अश्वमेधो महायज्ञो बहुसम्भारदक्षिणः । अशक्यः प्राकृतैः कर्तुं कथं तेषां फलं लभेत्
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | aśvamedho mahāyajño bahusambhāradakṣiṇaḥ | aśakyaḥ prākṛtaiḥ kartuṃ kathaṃ teṣāṃ phalaṃ labhet
युधिष्ठिर उवाच—अश्वमेधो नाम महायज्ञो बहुसम्भारदक्षिणः; प्राकृतैर्जनैः कर्तुमशक्यः। तर्हि ते कथं तस्य फलं लभेरन्?
Yudhiṣṭhira
Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya
Scene: A royal inquirer (Yudhiṣṭhira) respectfully questions a sage about how ordinary people can gain the fruit of the Aśvamedha, emphasizing the grandeur and inaccessibility of the rite.
FAQs
It frames a dharmic problem: how can spiritual merit be accessible when grand rituals are beyond common means?
Not named in this verse; it refers back to the promised merit connected to Daśāśvamedhika Tīrtha.
None directly; it discusses the impracticality of performing the Aśvamedha for ordinary people.
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