Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 80
आचार्याय व्रती दद्याद् व्रतांते प्रतिमा द्वयम् । सकृत्कृते व्रती चास्मिन्कृतकृत्यो व्रती भवेत्
ācāryāya vratī dadyād vratāṃte pratimā dvayam | sakṛtkṛte vratī cāsminkṛtakṛtyo vratī bhavet
ورت کے اختتام پر ورت رکھنے والا آچاریہ کو دو پرتیما دان کرے۔ اس رسم میں یہ ایک بار کر لینے سے ورتی کِرتکرتیہ ہو جاتا ہے—یعنی ورت میں واقعی کامیاب و کامل۔
Skanda (contextual attribution within Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogues)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Viśveśvara-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis in Naimiṣāraṇya frame
Scene: At the vow’s conclusion in Kāśī, the vrati offers two consecrated icons to the ācārya, who blesses the devotee, signifying completion and spiritual accomplishment.
FAQs
Respect for the ācārya and completion of vows through prescribed charity is integral to dharma.
The instruction belongs to the Kāśī Khaṇḍa milieu, but the verse itself is a general vrata-vidhi teaching.
At vrata completion, give two pratimās to the ācārya as a concluding offering.