Skandapurana 7.6.93_144

7.6.93_144

aihikī cāṅgaśuśrūṣā yā paratra ca dharmadā .
yayā taranti pitaraḥ kāmām̐ścāpnuvatekṣayān .
tatraihikaṃ na no121 hīṣṭaṃ122 yathā hyāmuṣmikaṃ hitam123 .. 68. .
tasmādāmuṣmikaṃ karma yad bhavettat samācara124 .

service to the physical body belonging to this world, and that which yields merit in the next, / by which the ancestors cross over and attain imperishable desires. / In this regard, this-worldly [service] is not desired by us so much as what is beneficial for the hereafter. / Therefore, practice whatever deed belongs to the hereafter.