Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 46
संचितं यद्धनं पुंभिर्नयसन्मार्गगामिभिः । तत्काश्यां विनियुज्येत क्लेशायेतरथा भवेत्
saṃcitaṃ yaddhanaṃ puṃbhirnayasanmārgagāmibhiḥ | tatkāśyāṃ viniyujyeta kleśāyetarathā bhavet
நல்ல வழி செல்லாதோர் சேர்த்த செல்வத்தை காசியில் தர்மப் பணிக்காகச் செலவிட வேண்டும்; இல்லையெனில் அதே செல்வமே துன்பத்திற்குக் காரணமாகும்.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context, typically Skanda instructing Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Bhūpati (King)
Scene: A remorseful householder arrives at Kāśī’s ghāṭas with offerings; priests distribute food and cloth to pilgrims and the poor; Viśveśvara’s temple spire rises in the background, suggesting wealth transformed into merit.
FAQs
Wealth gains purity and becomes dharmic when offered or used for sacred purposes in Kāśī; otherwise it turns into a source of distress.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), praised as a place where resources can be sanctified through dharmic use.
A general prescription of dāna/holy expenditure in Kāśī—deploying one’s wealth there for meritorious acts.