Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 47
सफलर्धिरहं चाद्य सुदिवाद्यच मे मुने । प्राक्कृतैः सुकृतैरद्य फलितं मे चिरार्जितैः
saphalardhirahaṃ cādya sudivādyaca me mune | prākkṛtaiḥ sukṛtairadya phalitaṃ me cirārjitaiḥ
آج میری خوش حالی بارآور ہو گئی، اور اے مُنی! یہ دن میرے لیے حقیقتاً مبارک ہے؛ کیونکہ پہلے کیے ہوئے، مدتوں سے جمع شدہ نیکیوں کا پھل آج پک کر ظاہر ہوا ہے۔
Giri/Śaila (mountain personified, addressing the sage)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (traditional frame)
Scene: The mountain, eyes moist with gratitude, declares that its prosperity and the day itself have become auspicious because long-earned merits have ripened upon meeting the sage.
FAQs
Past merit matures as present grace; meeting holy beings is a sign of ripened puṇya.
The Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative glorifies Kāśī as a realm where puṇya quickly bears fruit, though no named tīrtha appears in this verse.
None explicitly; the verse interprets saintly encounter as the fruit of sukṛta (merit).