Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38
शैवोऽपि च स कक्ष्यां तां तां मात्रां हेमसंभवाम् । कथंचिन्मोक्षते भूमौ भोज्ये देवार्चनेऽपि न
śaivo'pi ca sa kakṣyāṃ tāṃ tāṃ mātrāṃ hemasaṃbhavām | kathaṃcinmokṣate bhūmau bhojye devārcane'pi na
शैवोऽपि स तां कक्ष्यां हेमसम्भवां तु मात्रिकाम् । कथञ्चिन्मोचयन् भूमौ भोजने देवपूजनेऽपि न ॥
Narrator (contextual; within Tīrthamāhātmya)
Scene: A Śaiva devotee with vibhūti and rudrākṣa keeps a golden pouch tucked at his side; even while eating or offering flowers to a liṅga, his hand instinctively guards it, never placing it on the ground.
FAQs
External religious identity is insufficient when inner attachment and fear of loss dominate even during worship.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is character-description within the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative.
Devārcana (deity worship) is referenced, highlighting the ideal of worship free from worldly clinging.
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