Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 40
धनधान्यसुतर्द्धीस्ते लब्ध्वा भोगान्मनोरमान् । भुक्त्वेह परमानंदं परं मोक्षमवाप्नुयुः
dhanadhānyasutarddhīste labdhvā bhogānmanoramān | bhuktveha paramānaṃdaṃ paraṃ mokṣamavāpnuyuḥ
وہ دولت، غلّہ، اولاد اور خوشحالی پاتے ہیں؛ یہاں دلکش نعمتوں سے بہرہ مند ہو کر اعلیٰ ترین سرور چکھتے ہیں، اور آخرکار پرم موکش—سب سے بلند نجات—حاصل کر لیتے ہیں۔
Skanda
Tirtha: Prayāga (Tapas-tīrtha regimen with Mādhava–Prayāgeśa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrims/householders seeking both welfare and liberation
Scene: A narrative sequence: devotees worship at Prayāga, then shown with abundant grain, children, and prosperity; finally, a serene ascent into luminous ‘paramānanda’ symbolizing mokṣa—light beyond the river horizon.
FAQs
Puranic tīrtha-dharma promises both worldly well-being and ultimate liberation when pursued with devotion and right practice.
The verse concludes the merit of the Prayāga-centered observance described in the surrounding verses.
No new prescription is added; it states the results (phala) of the prior bathing and worship regimen.