Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 54
विदुषां स गृहे जन्म याज्ञिकानां सदा लभेत् । न कदाचित्तु मूर्खार्णां निन्दितानां कथञ्चन
viduṣāṃ sa gṛhe janma yājñikānāṃ sadā labhet | na kadācittu mūrkhārṇāṃ ninditānāṃ kathañcana
وہ ہمیشہ اہلِ علم اور یَجْن کے پابندوں کے گھروں میں جنم پائے گا؛ اور کبھی بھی کسی حال میں جاہلوں اور ملامت زدہ لوگوں میں پیدا نہ ہوگا۔
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: A symbolic tableau: learned brāhmaṇas performing yajña in a clean courtyard, while a luminous thread of merit links the devotee’s act at the tīrtha to a future noble birth; shadowy figures of ‘nindita’ are kept at a distance.
FAQs
Pious acts shape future destiny—leading to uplifting births and avoidance of degrading associations.
The statement functions as fruit-of-worship within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Gaṇapati Māhātmya context.
No new rite is added here; it concludes the promised results of prior worship/recitation/support.