Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 97
धर्ममर्थं च कामं च मोक्षं च नातुरो यतः । शक्तः साधयितुं तस्माद्युवा धर्मं समाचरेत्
dharmamarthaṃ ca kāmaṃ ca mokṣaṃ ca nāturo yataḥ | śaktaḥ sādhayituṃ tasmādyuvā dharmaṃ samācaret
کیونکہ جو شخص بڑھاپے یا بیماری سے مبتلا نہیں، وہ دھرم، دولت، کام اور حتیٰ کہ موکش بھی حاصل کرنے کی قدرت رکھتا ہے؛ اس لیے جوانی میں دھرم کا آچرن کرنا چاہیے۔
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa context)
Scene: A youthful seeker stands at a crossroads with four symbolic paths labeled dharma, artha, kāma, mokṣa; he steps first onto the dharma path, holding prayer beads and a water pot.
FAQs
Do dharma early: youth and health provide the strength needed to pursue all four aims of life, including mokṣa.
No particular sacred site is identified in this verse.
A general prescription: “samācaret dharmam”—one should actively live by dharma while capable.