Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 42
श्रिया तेषां च किं कार्यं समृद्धानां तथापि यत् । जातिधर्मेण चाभेद्या विधातुरपि ते मताः
śriyā teṣāṃ ca kiṃ kāryaṃ samṛddhānāṃ tathāpi yat | jātidharmeṇa cābhedyā vidhāturapi te matāḥ
À quoi leur serviraient des dons de richesse, puisqu’ils sont déjà comblés? Par leur nature même et par le dharma de leur lignée, on les tient pour immuables, fût-ce aux yeux de l’Ordonnateur lui-même.
Bṛhaspati
Listener: Suraśreṣṭha (deva leadership)
Scene: Bṛhaspati explains that wealth cannot sway the already wealthy; Daityas appear adorned and unmoved, standing in tight-knit ranks bound by their own code, while the deva counsel scene turns from offering to strategic reassessment.
FAQs
External incentives cannot reform those bound to harmful nature; discernment prevents wasted effort and protects dharma.
No tīrtha is mentioned.
None.