Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34
न कश्चित्प्रतिगृह्णाति तानि पद्मानि मानवः । मम भाग्यवशाल्लोको जातः क्रयपराङ्मुखः
na kaścitpratigṛhṇāti tāni padmāni mānavaḥ | mama bhāgyavaśālloko jātaḥ krayaparāṅmukhaḥ
Nul ne voulait accepter ces lotus. Par le retournement de ma mauvaise fortune, les gens étaient devenus rétifs à l’achat.
Unspecified narrator (a devotee/pilgrim speaking within the Tīrthamāhātmya context)
Tirtha: Camatkārapura
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvija-sattamāḥ
Scene: The lotus-seller stands in a street as passersby avert their faces; hands extended with lotuses, yet no one accepts; the wife behind him, anxious; the city feels indifferent.
FAQs
Worldly support may fail; Purāṇic dharma redirects the seeker from dependence on commerce toward refuge in devotion.
The episode continues in Camatkārapura, preparing the movement toward a Śaiva sacred space.
None directly; the verse highlights economic refusal and the narrator’s testing.