Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 39
कृती संचिनुयाद्धर्मं ततोऽमुत्र सहायिनम् । धर्मं सहायिनं लब्द्ध्वा संतरेद्दुस्तरं तमः
kṛtī saṃcinuyāddharmaṃ tato'mutra sahāyinam | dharmaṃ sahāyinaṃ labddhvā saṃtareddustaraṃ tamaḥ
پس دانا کو چاہیے کہ اگلے جہان کے لیے مددگار کے طور پر دھرم کا ذخیرہ کرے۔ دھرم کو رفیق پا کر وہ اس دشوار گزار تاریکی کو پار کر لیتا ہے۔
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A wise person gathers ‘dharma’ like grains into a vessel; the vessel becomes a boat carrying the soul across a dark river of tamas toward a luminous city (Kāśī) crowned by a Śiva-liṅga silhouette.
FAQs
Dharma is spiritual capital: it enables the soul to pass beyond darkness and peril after death.
The discourse belongs to Kāśī-khaṇḍa, implying that dharma practiced in Kāśī becomes especially efficacious.
No specific rite is named; the prescription is to ‘accumulate dharma’ through sustained righteous living and worshipful conduct.