Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 70
पुण्यराशिं च विपुलं पुण्यान्भोगान्यथेप्सितान् । स्वर्गं प्राप्नोति तत्पुण्यान्निष्कामो मोक्षमाप्नुयात्
puṇyarāśiṃ ca vipulaṃ puṇyānbhogānyathepsitān | svargaṃ prāpnoti tatpuṇyānniṣkāmo mokṣamāpnuyāt
اسی ثواب سے نیکی کا بڑا ذخیرہ اور مطلوبہ جائز لذتیں حاصل ہوتی ہیں اور جنت ملتی ہے؛ مگر جو بے خواہش (نِشکام) ہو وہ اسی ثواب سے موکش پا لیتا ہے۔
Skanda
Tirtha: Prayāga (Tīrtharāja)
Type: sangam
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (frame assumed)
Scene: Two pilgrims at the saṅgama: one offering with longing for prosperity, another serene and detached, hands in añjali; above, symbolic paths—svarga and mokṣa—suggested through light and space.
FAQs
The fruit of merit depends on intention: desire leads to heavenly rewards, while desirelessness leads toward mokṣa.
The context is Prayāga Tīrtharāja, whose merit can yield both svarga and mokṣa.
No explicit ritual; it distinguishes kāmya (desire-based) and niṣkāma (desireless) orientation.