Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1
सूत उवाच । अथ ते नागराः सर्वे दृष्ट्वा तद्वित्तभाजनम् । न केनापि ग्रहीतव्यं सर्वान्कामान्निरस्य च
sūta uvāca | atha te nāgarāḥ sarve dṛṣṭvā tadvittabhājanam | na kenāpi grahītavyaṃ sarvānkāmānnirasya ca
সূতে ক’লে: তেতিয়া সকলো নাগৰ সেই ধনৰ পাত্ৰটো দেখি এই সিদ্ধান্ত ল’লে—“কোনেও ইয়াক নল’ব”; আৰু নিজৰ সকলো কামনা-বাসনা ত্যাগ কৰি তেওঁলোকে আত্মসংযম কৰিলে।
Sūta
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (standard frame)
Scene: A group of Nāgara elders and dvija leaders stand near a visible ‘receptacle of wealth’ (vitta-bhājana), hands raised in restraint, collectively deciding not to touch it; the atmosphere is solemn and ethical.
FAQs
Collective dharma is upheld by renouncing greed; sacred wealth connected to rites should not be seized for private desire.
The narrative remains within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya stream of Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
An ethical injunction: no one should appropriate the wealth; desires should be set aside in a sacred/ritual context.
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