Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30
निष्कामाश्चापि ये मर्त्या पूजयिष्यंति सर्वदा । ते यास्यंति परां सिद्धिं जरामरणवर्जिताम्
niṣkāmāścāpi ye martyā pūjayiṣyaṃti sarvadā | te yāsyaṃti parāṃ siddhiṃ jarāmaraṇavarjitām
اور جو فانی انسان بے غرض ہو کر ہمیشہ پوجا کرتے ہیں، وہ بڑھاپے اور موت سے ماورا اعلیٰ ترین سِدھی کو پا لیں گے۔
Śiva (Mahādeva)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee worships steadily without petition; the deity’s grace is shown as a luminous ascent beyond time—symbols of old age and death dissolving.
FAQs
Desireless worship (niṣkāma-bhakti) is elevated as a direct cause for the highest spiritual attainment.
The verse is a general phalaśruti within a tīrtha narrative; it praises the spiritual outcome of worship rather than a named location.
Regular/constant worship (sarvadā pūjā), specifically performed without personal desire.