Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 66
ऋषय ऊचुः । केन क्षुधाभितप्तानामस्माकं निर्दयात्मना । मृणालानि समस्तानि स्थानादस्माद्धृतानि च
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | kena kṣudhābhitaptānāmasmākaṃ nirdayātmanā | mṛṇālāni samastāni sthānādasmāddhṛtāni ca
Les sages dirent : « Qui donc—au cœur cruel—a emporté d’ici toutes ces tiges de lotus, tandis que la faim nous tourmente ? »
Ṛṣayaḥ (the sages)
Type: kund
Scene: A spokesman among the sages raises his hand in accusation; others look distressed and hungry, their gaze fixed on the empty bank where the lotus-stalks had been.
FAQs
Taking what sustains ascetics—especially in a holy place—is portrayed as cruelty and adharma.
The broader passage belongs to a Tīrthamāhātmya in the Nāgara Khaṇḍa, but this verse alone does not identify the tīrtha by name.
No explicit prescription; the setting implies tīrtha-snānā and austerity supported by simple foods.