Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
चलितापि पुनश्चास्याः सुपत्न्या वाक्यतः स्थिता । कियंतं चैव कालं मे कार्पण्यं महदास्थितम्
calitāpi punaścāsyāḥ supatnyā vākyataḥ sthitā | kiyaṃtaṃ caiva kālaṃ me kārpaṇyaṃ mahadāsthitam
ومع أنها كانت على وشك أن ترحل ثانيةً، فقد بقيت—إذ أوقفتها كلمات تلك الزوجة المشاركة الفاضلة. «إلى متى»، تأمّل، «لازمتني هذه الشدة العظيمة وفاقة العجز؟»
Narrator (contextual, within Sūta’s narration of the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Lakṣmī personified as a radiant yet turning figure about to depart; a virtuous woman (su-patnī) speaks words that ‘hold her back’; the man reflects on long years of poverty.
FAQs
Worldly fortune is unstable; dharmic counsel and restraint prevent rash action and prepare one for righteous response.
The broader passage belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
No explicit rite is stated here; it sets up the later emphasis on dāna (charitable distribution) as the dharmic remedy.