Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 60
स्वयमेव हि कुर्वीत धर्मकार्यं प्रयत्नतः । ओषधीनामयं नाथस्तव जामातृषूत्तमः
svayameva hi kurvīta dharmakāryaṃ prayatnataḥ | oṣadhīnāmayaṃ nāthastava jāmātṛṣūttamaḥ
Quả thật, chính ông phải tự mình tận lực thực hành công việc của Dharma. Vị chúa tể của các dược thảo này là người con rể ưu tú nhất của ngài.
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa norm)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: In-text recipient of instruction (context-dependent)
Scene: Dharma, portrayed as a dignified son-in-law figure, is exhorted to perform dharma-work himself with earnestness; medicinal herbs are symbolically present as offerings or bundles, indicating healing abundance.
FAQs
Dharma is fulfilled through sincere personal effort; responsibility cannot be outsourced to mere ceremonial forms.
The passage is situated within Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s dharma-teaching context, reinforcing Kāśī’s role as a field of right action.
No specific rite is prescribed; the emphasis is on dharma-kārya performed directly and diligently.