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
और उन्हें धन-सम्पदा देने से क्या प्रयोजन, जब वे पहले ही समृद्ध हैं? वे अपने जातिधर्म के कारण अविभाज्य/अपरिवर्तनीय माने गए हैं—यहाँ तक कि विधाता के लिए भी।
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.