Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 74
जमदग्निरुवाच । कन्यां यच्छतु वृद्धाय स भूयाद्वृषली पतिः । अस्तु वार्धुषिको नित्यं बिसस्तैन्यं करोति यः
jamadagniruvāca | kanyāṃ yacchatu vṛddhāya sa bhūyādvṛṣalī patiḥ | astu vārdhuṣiko nityaṃ bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ
Jamadagni sprach: „Wer Lotusstängel stiehlt, der gebe seine Tochter einem Greis; er werde der Gatte einer Frau niedriger Herkunft und sei stets ein Wucherer.“
Jamadagni
Scene: A stern rishi (Jamadagni) pronounces a moral sentence; in the background a lotus-pond with cut stalks symbolizes petty theft leading to grave karmic fall.
FAQs
Wrongful taking leads to further wrong livelihood and dishonorable social outcomes—adharma multiplies when unchecked.
The verse is within a Tīrthamāhātmya of the Nāgara Khaṇḍa; the specific tīrtha name is not present in the excerpt.
None; it is a dharmic imprecation emphasizing karmic and social consequences of theft.