Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 72
एषा प्रवृत्तिरेतेषां भवत्यै समुदाहृता । अनर्चितशिवा मर्त्याः प्राप्नुवंति दरिद्रताम्
eṣā pravṛttireteṣāṃ bhavatyai samudāhṛtā | anarcitaśivā martyāḥ prāpnuvaṃti daridratām
হে দেবী, এদের বিষয়ে এই ঘটনাক্রম আমি বললাম। যারা শিবকে অর্চনা করে না, সেই মর্ত্যরা দারিদ্র্যে পতিত হয়।
Unknown (addressing ‘bhavatyai’—a female listener within the narrative)
Listener: A lady (bhavatyai)
Scene: A teacher-figure addressing a noble lady, gesturing toward a Śiva shrine; behind them, vignettes of the earlier karmic examples fade like illustrative panels; the concluding maxim is visually centered.
FAQs
Śiva worship is presented as a stabilizing dharma; neglect of it leads to deprivation and hardship.
No particular sacred site is named; the verse praises Śiva-arcana itself.
Śiva-arcana (worship of Śiva) is recommended by implication as the remedy to daridratā (poverty).