Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19
तपसा ब्रह्मचर्येण स्नानैर्दानैः पृथग्विधैः । तथा यज्ञैर्जपैर्होमैस्तत्र वृत्तिर्भवेन्नृणाम्
tapasā brahmacaryeṇa snānairdānaiḥ pṛthagvidhaiḥ | tathā yajñairjapairhomaistatra vṛttirbhavennṛṇām
وہاں انسانوں کی زندگی تپسیا اور برہماچریہ، مقدس اشنان اور طرح طرح کے دان سے سنورتی ہے؛ نیز یَجْن، جپ اور ہوم کی آگنی آہوتیوں سے بھی۔
Skanda (deduced; exact speaker not stated in snippet)
Listener: Indra
Scene: A montage-like depiction of dharmic life: ascetics in tapas, students in brahmacarya, pilgrims bathing, donors giving, priests performing homa, devotees doing japa—each vignette harmonized into one sacred panorama.
FAQs
A dharmic life is sustained through disciplined conduct and sacred acts—tapas, purity, charity, and worship.
No single tīrtha is specified; the verse outlines universal dharma-practices within the Arbuda-khaṇḍa setting.
It commends snāna (sacred bathing), dāna (charity), yajña, japa, and homa as defining religious practices.