Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 22
गुरूणां वाक्यकरणात्सर्व एव मनोरथाः । सिद्ध्यंतीतरथा नैव तस्मात्कार्यं हि तद्वचः
gurūṇāṃ vākyakaraṇātsarva eva manorathāḥ | siddhyaṃtītarathā naiva tasmātkāryaṃ hi tadvacaḥ
گروؤں کے فرمان پر عمل کرنے سے سب آرزوئیں پوری ہوتی ہیں؛ ورنہ ہرگز نہیں ہوتیں۔ اس لیے اُس حکم کو یقیناً انجام دینا چاہیے۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa typically Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Seeker within Kāśī-khaṇḍa frame
Scene: A guru’s spoken instruction visualized as a luminous script/beam entering the disciple’s heart; the disciple rises with resolve to act.
FAQs
Rightful guidance is spiritually potent: honoring the guru’s instruction becomes a cause for success and inner merit.
The Kāśīkhaṇḍa context is Kāśī, but this verse praises guru-dharma rather than a particular tīrtha.
No ritual is specified; it prescribes action: execute the guru’s instruction.