Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 70
तत्पुत्रो यः पूर्वभवे सोस्मिञ्जन्मनि तत्सुतः । भूत्वा दारिद्र्यमापन्नः शिवपूजाव्यतिक्रमात्
tatputro yaḥ pūrvabhave sosmiñjanmani tatsutaḥ | bhūtvā dāridryamāpannaḥ śivapūjāvyatikramāt
മുൻജന്മത്തിൽ അവന്റെ പുത്രനായിരുന്നവൻ തന്നെയാണ് ഈ ജന്മത്തിലും അവന്റെ പുത്രനായത്. ശിവപൂജയെ അവഗണിച്ചതിനാൽ അവൻ ദാരിദ്ര്യത്തിലേക്ക് പതിച്ചു.
Unknown (section narrator; likely a Purāṇic narrator addressing a listener within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)
Listener: Same addressed lady in the narrative frame
Scene: A once-privileged lineage repeats, but the son is now impoverished—torn garments, empty granary—while a neglected Śiva shrine sits dusty, lamp unlit, bilva leaves withered.
FAQs
Neglect of Śiva-pūjā is portrayed as a cause of material decline, while devotion sustains well-being across births.
No specific site is mentioned; the teaching is devotional and ethical rather than geographical in this verse.
Śiva-pūjā is upheld as a required practice; its ‘vyatikrama’ (neglect) is condemned.