Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 22
आपद्यपि हि ये धीरा इह लोके परत्र च । न तान्पुनः स्पृशेदापत्तद्धैर्येणावधीरिता
āpadyapi hi ye dhīrā iha loke paratra ca | na tānpunaḥ spṛśedāpattaddhairyeṇāvadhīritā
بےشک جو ثابت قدم لوگ مصیبت میں بھی اس دنیا اور اُس دنیا میں سکونِ دل رکھتے ہیں، اُنہیں پھر آفت نہیں چھوتی؛ کیونکہ اُن کے حوصلے سے رنج و الم بےاثر ہو جاتا ہے۔
Skanda (deduced; Kāśī Khaṇḍa narration typically Skanda → Agastya)
Scene: A calm, radiant sādhaka/pilgrim stands unshaken amid storm-like adversity; calamities appear as fading shadows repelled by a halo of courage and Śiva-smaraṇa.
FAQs
Steadfast courage (dhairya) makes adversity ineffective; inner composure is itself a form of victory.
The verse is within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa framework, implicitly grounded in Kāśī’s dharmic teaching context, though no single tīrtha is named in this line.
No direct ritual (snāna, dāna, japa) is prescribed here; it is an ethical-philosophical instruction.