Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 47
यदि पक्षं पुरस्कृत्य लोकाः कुर्वन्ति पार्वति । तस्मान्न सिद्धिरेतेषां भवत्येको न विस्मयः
yadi pakṣaṃ puraskṛtya lokāḥ kurvanti pārvati | tasmānna siddhireteṣāṃ bhavatyeko na vismayaḥ
“اگر لوگ طرف داری کو پیشِ نظر رکھ کر عمل کریں، اے پاروتی، تو انہیں سِدھی (روحانی کامیابی) حاصل نہیں ہوتی—اس میں تعجب کی کوئی بات نہیں۔”
Śiva
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: Śiva explains with a firm yet compassionate expression; in the background, two groups of pilgrims argue (symbol of pakṣa), while a solitary devotee performs calm snāna—contrasting outcomes.
FAQs
Bias and factionalism obstruct spiritual fruition; openness and steadiness are necessary for siddhi.
The teaching supports the Revā/Narmadā tīrtha-mahātmya by explaining why not everyone gains the same fruit.
No ritual is prescribed; it emphasizes inner disposition as the condition for receiving tīrtha-phala.
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