Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
न करोति व्ययं तस्य केवलं संचये रतः । ततः कालेन महता मंजूषाऽस्य निरर्गला । जाता हेममयी विप्राः कार्पण्यनिरतस्य च
na karoti vyayaṃ tasya kevalaṃ saṃcaye rataḥ | tataḥ kālena mahatā maṃjūṣā'sya nirargalā | jātā hemamayī viprāḥ kārpaṇyaniratasya ca
لم يُنفق شيئًا قطّ، بل كان مسرورًا بالكنز والادّخار وحده. ومع مرور زمنٍ طويل، يا معشرَ البراهمة، صار صندوقه—وهو بلا قفل—ممتلئًا بالذهب، لأنه كان ملازمًا للبخل والشحّ.
Sūta (contextual continuation)
Listener: Ṛṣayaḥ
Scene: A large chest without a lock sits open, brimming with gold; the miserly maṭha-pati guards it anxiously, refusing to spend, while brāhmaṇas/pilgrims look on—an image of wealth turning into bondage.
FAQs
Wealth without righteous spending and charity hardens into miserliness, inviting downfall in dharma narratives.
The tīrtha-setting remains implicit; the verse functions as ethical instruction within the Tīrthamāhātmya storyline.
Implicitly, the dharma of proper expenditure and dāna is contrasted with hoarding, though no specific rite is detailed.