Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45
यथा शृंगं हि कायेन वर्द्धमानेन वर्धते । तद्वत्तृष्णापि वित्तेन वर्द्धमानेन वर्द्धते
yathā śṛṃgaṃ hi kāyena varddhamānena vardhate | tadvattṛṣṇāpi vittena varddhamānena varddhate
Wie Hörner mit dem wachsenden Körper wachsen, so wächst auch die tṛṣṇā — die dürstende Begierde — mit zunehmendem Reichtum.
Bharadvāja (contextual continuation)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A symbolic animal with growing horns alongside a growing body; beside it, a wealthy householder’s treasure pile grows, and a shadowy figure of craving grows larger—contrasted with a content pilgrim carrying minimal belongings.
FAQs
Accumulation without contentment feeds further craving; dharma requires governing wealth with restraint and generosity.
This verse is a general moral teaching within the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative; it does not name a specific tīrtha.
None explicitly; the verse supports the broader puranic ideal of dāna and aparigraha (non-hoarding).