Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25
दशसूनासमश्चक्री दशचक्रिसमो ध्वजी । दश ध्वजिसमा वेश्या दशवेश्यासमो नृपः
daśasūnāsamaścakrī daśacakrisamo dhvajī | daśa dhvajisamā veśyā daśaveśyāsamo nṛpaḥ
Ein „cakrī“ ist zehn Schlächtern gleich; ein „dhvajī“ ist zehn „cakrī“ gleich; eine Dirne ist zehn „dhvajī“ gleich; und ein König ist zehn Dirnen gleich.
Ṛṣis (implied continuation of the sages’ speech)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A didactic tableau illustrating the escalating chain: slaughterers, a cakrī, a dhvajī, a courtesan, and a king—shown as symbolic silhouettes or vignettes around a central moral scale.
FAQs
It uses shock-comparisons to stress the intense spiritual peril associated with kingship and, by implication, royal wealth.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is ethical instruction embedded in the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative.
None directly; it supports the earlier warning to avoid dangerous forms of wealth and association.