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
Así como los cuernos crecen cuando el cuerpo crece, del mismo modo la tṛṣṇā, la sed del deseo, crece cuando la riqueza aumenta.
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).