Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36
विबुधैस्ते प्रवर्तंते रागद्वेषपरायणाः । यस्ययस्य गृहे वित्तं तथा नार्यो मनोरमाः
vibudhaiste pravartaṃte rāgadveṣaparāyaṇāḥ | yasyayasya gṛhe vittaṃ tathā nāryo manoramāḥ
Ils sont mis en mouvement même par ceux qu’on dit ‘savants’, voués à la passion et à la haine. Là où une maison possède des richesses, là aussi l’on recherche des femmes charmantes.
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A marketplace or court where ‘learned’ figures incite factions; wealthy houses become targets; desire and hatred personified as shadowy attendants of Kali.
FAQs
Kali is marked by even the educated being ruled by attachment and hatred; dharma requires inner purification beyond mere learning.
No particular tīrtha is named in this verse.
No explicit rite is prescribed; the verse is diagnostic of Kali-era conduct.