Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29
यस्मिन्धर्मे दया नैव स धर्मो दूषितो मतः । दयां विना न विज्ञानं न धर्मो ज्ञानमेव च
yasmindharme dayā naiva sa dharmo dūṣito mataḥ | dayāṃ vinā na vijñānaṃ na dharmo jñānameva ca
ธรรมใดปราศจากเมตตากรุณา ธรรมนั้นย่อมถือว่าเศร้าหมอง หากไร้เมตตาแล้ว ย่อมไม่มีปัญญาแท้ ไม่มีธรรม และไม่มีญาณรู้ทางจิตวิญญาณอันแท้จริง
Brahmā (inferred from chapter colophon context)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nārada
Scene: A symbolic balance: on one side ritual implements and scriptures, on the other compassionate acts; the scale tips toward compassion as the purifier of dharma and knowledge.
FAQs
Compassion is the non-negotiable foundation of dharma and authentic spiritual insight.
This ethical teaching is delivered within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya setting of Nāgara-khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
Adopt dayā (compassion) as a guiding rule for all vrata and tīrtha conduct; without it, ritual and knowledge are deemed defective.