Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25
दशसूनासमश्चक्री दशचक्रिसमो ध्वजी । दश ध्वजिसमा वेश्या दशवेश्यासमो नृपः
daśasūnāsamaścakrī daśacakrisamo dhvajī | daśa dhvajisamā veśyā daśaveśyāsamo nṛpaḥ
一人の「チャクリ（cakrī）」は十人の屠殺者に等しく、一人の「ドゥヴァジー（dhvajī）」は十人のチャクリに等しい。一人の遊女は十人のドゥヴァジーに等しく、そして一人の王は十人の遊女に等しい。
Ṛṣis (implied continuation of the sages’ speech)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A didactic tableau illustrating the escalating chain: slaughterers, a cakrī, a dhvajī, a courtesan, and a king—shown as symbolic silhouettes or vignettes around a central moral scale.
FAQs
It uses shock-comparisons to stress the intense spiritual peril associated with kingship and, by implication, royal wealth.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is ethical instruction embedded in the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative.
None directly; it supports the earlier warning to avoid dangerous forms of wealth and association.