Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 3
सूत उवाच । श्रद्धैव सर्वधर्मस्य चातीव हितकारिणी । श्रद्धयैव नृणां सिद्धिर्जायते लोकयोर्द्वयोः
sūta uvāca | śraddhaiva sarvadharmasya cātīva hitakāriṇī | śraddhayaiva nṛṇāṃ siddhirjāyate lokayordvayoḥ
سوت نے کہا: شردھا ہی تمام دھرم کے لیے نہایت فائدہ مند ہے؛ اور شردھا ہی سے انسان دونوں جہانوں میں کامیابی و سِدھی پاتا ہے۔
Sūta
Listener: Ṛṣis (Naimiṣāraṇya frame, implied)
Scene: Sūta, seated in a forest-āśrama assembly, teaches that śraddhā alone ripens dharma and grants success in both worlds; listeners sit attentive with folded hands.
FAQs
Śraddhā (faithful sincerity) is the root power that makes dharma fruitful and grants well-being here and hereafter.
No tīrtha is praised; the teaching is universal, focusing on the inner principle of faith.
No specific rite; the verse prescribes cultivating śraddhā as the enabling force behind all practices.