Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
कथंचिदपि चेष्टेन धनेनालिजनेन च । पराक्रमेण धर्मेण कलत्रेण विशेषतः
kathaṃcidapi ceṣṭena dhanenālijanena ca | parākrameṇa dharmeṇa kalatreṇa viśeṣataḥ
എങ്ങനെയായാലും പരിശ്രമംകൊണ്ടും, ധനത്താലും, സ്വജനബന്ധങ്ങളാലും, പരാക്രമത്താലും, ധർമ്മത്താലും, പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് ഭാര്യയാലും—
Sūta (continued narration)
Scene: A didactic courtly tableau: a narrator enumerates supports of life—wealth, allies, valor, dharma, and spouse—suggesting the worldly stage before a sacred journey begins.
FAQs
Human aims often rely on effort and supports (wealth, allies, dharma, family), setting the stage for a higher refuge taught through the tīrtha.
The surrounding passage belongs to the Karṇotpalā Tīrtha Māhātmya, though this line itself is a narrative lead-in.
None explicitly in this verse; it prepares the narrative context.