Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 46
तथापि प्रेषयिष्यामि यावान्मेस्ति परिच्छदः । नोद्यमाद्विरमंतीह ज्ञानिनः साध्यकर्मणि
tathāpi preṣayiṣyāmi yāvānmesti paricchadaḥ | nodyamādviramaṃtīha jñāninaḥ sādhyakarmaṇi
پھر بھی میں اپنی جتنی بساط اور سامان ہے اُتنا لشکر روانہ کروں گا؛ کیونکہ اس دنیا میں دانا لوگ نامکمل کام میں کوشش سے باز نہیں آتے۔
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue-context)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame typical)
Scene: A resolute leader or devotee in Kāśī resolves to dispatch whatever forces/resources remain, framed by the ghats and the unseen protection of Viśveśvara; the mood is determined, duty-driven.
FAQs
Dharma is fulfilled through steady effort; wisdom expresses itself as perseverance until the goal is attained.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) is the implied sacred setting of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative context.
No explicit ritual is prescribed; the verse emphasizes ethical-spiritual discipline: unwavering effort in rightful action.