Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 81
प्राप्तान्न लभंते ते भोगान्भोक्तुं स्वकर्मणा कृपणाः । मुखपाकः किल भवति द्राक्षापाके बलिभुजानाम्
prāptānna labhaṃte te bhogānbhoktuṃ svakarmaṇā kṛpaṇāḥ | mukhapākaḥ kila bhavati drākṣāpāke balibhujānām
Die Geizigen erlangen durch ihr eigenes Tun nicht die Genüsse, um das Erworbene wirklich zu genießen. Wahrlich, selbst bei denen, die Opfergaben essen, kann es ein „Brennen im Mund“ geben, auch wenn Trauben gekocht werden: durch das Geschick wird selbst Süßes zu Schmerz.
Narrative voice within Tīrthamāhātmya (contextual speaker not explicit in the excerpt)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A miser sits before a sweet dish of grapes, yet his mouth burns; beside him, a donor eats simple food peacefully—showing karma’s reversal.
FAQs
Karma shapes one’s capacity to enjoy; miserliness and wrong conduct make even legitimate pleasures turn into suffering.
No tīrtha is named directly; the verse offers ethical instruction consistent with tīrtha-mahātmya ideals.
No direct rite is prescribed; the implied corrective is dharmic living—especially generosity and right use of wealth.