Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 59
दारिद्र्यमस्य बालस्य कथं प्राप्तं महामुने । दारिद्र्यं पुनरुद्धूय कथं राज्यमवाप्स्यति
dāridryamasya bālasya kathaṃ prāptaṃ mahāmune | dāridryaṃ punaruddhūya kathaṃ rājyamavāpsyati
हे महामुने! इस बालक को दरिद्रता कैसे प्राप्त हुई? और उस दरिद्रता को दूर करके यह फिर से राज्य-लक्ष्मी कैसे पाएगा?
Unspecified questioner (addressing Śāṇḍilya as 'mahāmune')
Scene: A worried parent (or petitioner) addresses a great sage, pointing to a young boy in ragged attire; the setting suggests an āśrama or courtly hall turned into a place of counsel, with the question hovering between fate and remedy.
FAQs
It frames poverty and prosperity as karmically conditioned and asks for a dharmic remedy rather than a merely worldly solution.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; the focus is on karmic causality and the path to restoration.
None explicitly in this verse; the question anticipates a remedy that will be explained by the sage.