Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55
एवं त्रैलोक्यराज्येऽपि लब्धे तस्य द्विजोत्तमाः । न संतोषश्च संजज्ञे ब्रह्मलोकाभि कांक्षया
evaṃ trailokyarājye'pi labdhe tasya dvijottamāḥ | na saṃtoṣaśca saṃjajñe brahmalokābhi kāṃkṣayā
এভাবে ত্রিলোকের রাজ্য লাভ করেও, হে দ্বিজোত্তমগণ, তার তৃপ্তি জন্মাল না; কারণ ব্রহ্মলোকের আকাঙ্ক্ষায় তার মন ব্যাকুল ছিল।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator addressing brāhmaṇas)
Listener: brāhmaṇas/ṛṣis addressed as ‘dvijottamāḥ’
Scene: A powerful asura-king seated in a royal court, yet visibly restless; behind him a symbolic triple-world map (heaven, earth, netherworld) and above, a distant luminous Brahmaloka he longs for.
FAQs
Desire is insatiable: even vast sovereignty cannot satisfy a mind driven by higher ambition and ego.
No tīrtha is specified in this verse; it develops the moral psychology within the Māhātmya narrative.
None; the verse is a reflection on dissatisfaction and craving.