SHRADDHA : HAVE FAITH - SKANDA PURANA

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1. Whatever may be the religion, it is faith alone that does good to everyone.

It is because of faith that people attain success both in this world and in the

other world.

 

2. Even the stone is fruitful to the man who adores it with faith. Even the

fool, if adored with devotion, becomes the Guru who endows one with success.

 

3. Even chanted in an unintelligent manner, the Mantras chanted with faith are

sure to be fruitful. Even to a man of low birth, God grants fruits if worshipped

with faith.

 

4. Pooja, Sacrifice, Penance and Vratha all become futile if they are done

without faith, as the barren flowers of a tree.

 

5. The person full of doubts, who is unsteady, and without any faith falls back

from Higher purpose of life; he never frees himself from the shackles of

Samsara.

 

6. Success and fruits out of mantras, Thirtas, Learneds, Gods, Knower of the

Self, Medicine and the Preceptor depend upon the amount of devotion one has in

them.

 

(Skanda Purana)