Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 82
चिरकार्याभिसंपतेश्चिरकारी तथोच्यते । अलसग्रहणं प्राप्तो दुर्मेधावी तथोच्यते
cirakāryābhisaṃpateścirakārī tathocyate | alasagrahaṇaṃ prāpto durmedhāvī tathocyate
जो कार्यों की सिद्धि बहुत देर से प्राप्त करता है, वह ‘चिरकारी’ कहलाता है; पर जो केवल आलस्य में पड़ जाता है, वह ‘दुर्मेधा’ (मंदबुद्धि) कहलाता है।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)
Scene: Two contrasted figures: one thoughtful and composed (Cirakārī) and another slumped in indolence (durmedhā), illustrating the verse’s distinction.
FAQs
Not all slowness is a virtue: thoughtful delay is wisdom, but delay from laziness is adharma and dullness.
No tīrtha is referenced; the verse clarifies a moral distinction relevant to dharmic living.
None—this is a definitional teaching about character and intention.