Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 65
न दानानि न वै यज्ञा न तपांसि व्रतानि च । शंभोः प्रसादहेतूनि कारणं तत्कृपैव हि
na dānāni na vai yajñā na tapāṃsi vratāni ca | śaṃbhoḥ prasādahetūni kāraṇaṃ tatkṛpaiva hi
نہ دان، نہ یَجْن، نہ تپسیا، نہ ورت—یہ شَمبھو کی رضا کے حقیقی اسباب نہیں۔ اُس فضل کا سبب تو یقیناً صرف اُن کی کرپا ہی ہے۔
Tvaṣṭṛ’s son (tvāṣṭraḥ)
Tirtha: Viśveśvara (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: sages
Scene: A symbolic tableau: offerings (dāna vessels, yajña fire, tapas posture, vrata marks) fade into the background while a radiant stream of compassion from Śiva’s presence envelops a simple devotee.
FAQs
Ritual merits are secondary; Śiva’s prasāda ultimately flows from kṛpā—compassion—beyond calculation.
Within Kāśī Khaṇḍa, the teaching supports the Kāśī-māhātmya theme of Viśveśvara’s freely-given mercy.
Dāna, yajña, tapas, and vrata are named but explicitly stated not to be the decisive cause of Śiva’s grace in this passage.