Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 32
कथायां कीर्त्यमानायां ये गच्छंत्यन्यतो नराः । भोगांतरे प्रणश्यंति तेषां दाराश्च संपदः
kathāyāṃ kīrtyamānāyāṃ ye gacchaṃtyanyato narāḥ | bhogāṃtare praṇaśyaṃti teṣāṃ dārāśca saṃpadaḥ
Quand le discours sacré est proclamé, ces hommes qui s’en vont ailleurs—au milieu de leurs jouissances—voient leurs épouses et leurs richesses tomber en ruine.
Narratorial Purāṇic voice (context not explicit in the snippet)
Scene: Mid-discourse, a few men rise and depart toward worldly amusements; behind them, their household fortune symbolically fades—wife distressed, wealth chests emptying—while the kathā-sabhā remains luminous.
FAQs
Leaving sacred discourse out of restlessness or worldly pull is treated as a serious lapse, leading to loss of stability and prosperity.
None; the verse addresses conduct during kathā rather than a particular sacred location.
A behavioral injunction: do not abandon the ongoing kathā and wander elsewhere while it is being recited.