Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 9
नारी वा पुरुषो वाथ त्वद्व्रताचरणात्प्रिये । मनोरथानिह प्राप्य ज्ञानमंते च लप्स्यते
nārī vā puruṣo vātha tvadvratācaraṇātpriye | manorathāniha prāpya jñānamaṃte ca lapsyate
اے محبوبہ، عورت ہو یا مرد—تیرے ورت کا آچرن کرنے سے اسی دنیا میں مرادیں پاتا ہے اور آخرکار روحانی معرفت بھی حاصل کرتا ہے۔
Unnamed (contextually Śiva continuing the vrata’s fruits)
Tirtha: Manoratha-vrata (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: A mixed group of women and men performing the same vow at Kāśī—offering to Śiva with equal reverence; the scene subtly shifts from wish-fulfillment to contemplative jñāna at the end of life.
FAQs
Puranic dharma presents a complete path: righteous observance yields both worldly well-being and final liberating knowledge.
The doctrinal frame is Kāśī in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, where vows and worship are repeatedly said to bear heightened fruit.
Observing ‘Your vow’ (tvat-vrata)—identified by context as Manoratha-tṛtīyā-vrata—promising both kāmya-phala and jñāna.