Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36
विबुधैस्ते प्रवर्तंते रागद्वेषपरायणाः । यस्ययस्य गृहे वित्तं तथा नार्यो मनोरमाः
vibudhaiste pravartaṃte rāgadveṣaparāyaṇāḥ | yasyayasya gṛhe vittaṃ tathā nāryo manoramāḥ
তেওঁলোক ‘বিদ্বান’ বুলিও কোৱা লোকৰ দ্বাৰাও প্ৰবৃত্ত হয়, ৰাগ-দ্বেষত পৰায়ণ। যি যি ঘৰত ধন থাকে, তেনে ঠাইতেই মনোহৰ নাৰীৰ সন্ধান চলে।
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A marketplace or court where ‘learned’ figures incite factions; wealthy houses become targets; desire and hatred personified as shadowy attendants of Kali.
FAQs
Kali is marked by even the educated being ruled by attachment and hatred; dharma requires inner purification beyond mere learning.
No particular tīrtha is named in this verse.
No explicit rite is prescribed; the verse is diagnostic of Kali-era conduct.