Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 72
एषा प्रवृत्तिरेतेषां भवत्यै समुदाहृता । अनर्चितशिवा मर्त्याः प्राप्नुवंति दरिद्रताम्
eṣā pravṛttireteṣāṃ bhavatyai samudāhṛtā | anarcitaśivā martyāḥ prāpnuvaṃti daridratām
ഹേ ദേവീ, ഇവരുടെ കാര്യത്തിലുള്ള സംഭവക്രമം ഞാൻ വിശദമായി പറഞ്ഞു. ശിവനെ അർച്ചിക്കാത്ത മർത്ത്യർ ദാരിദ്ര്യത്തെ പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു.
Unknown (addressing ‘bhavatyai’—a female listener within the narrative)
Listener: A lady (bhavatyai)
Scene: A teacher-figure addressing a noble lady, gesturing toward a Śiva shrine; behind them, vignettes of the earlier karmic examples fade like illustrative panels; the concluding maxim is visually centered.
FAQs
Śiva worship is presented as a stabilizing dharma; neglect of it leads to deprivation and hardship.
No particular sacred site is named; the verse praises Śiva-arcana itself.
Śiva-arcana (worship of Śiva) is recommended by implication as the remedy to daridratā (poverty).