Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36
विबुधैस्ते प्रवर्तंते रागद्वेषपरायणाः । यस्ययस्य गृहे वित्तं तथा नार्यो मनोरमाः
vibudhaiste pravartaṃte rāgadveṣaparāyaṇāḥ | yasyayasya gṛhe vittaṃ tathā nāryo manoramāḥ
তারা ‘বিদ্বান’দের দ্বারাও প্রবর্তিত হয় এবং রাগ-দ্বেষেই আসক্ত থাকে। যে যে গৃহে ধন আছে, সেখানেই মনোহরা নারীর প্রতি লালসা জাগে।
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.