Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35
तत्पुरं सकलं चैव स राजा मंत्रिभिः सह । कुसीदाहृतवित्तेन वर्तते कार्य उत्थिते
tatpuraṃ sakalaṃ caiva sa rājā maṃtribhiḥ saha | kusīdāhṛtavittena vartate kārya utthite
ആ മുഴുവൻ നഗരവും ആ രാജാവും മന്ത്രിമാരോടുകൂടെ, ഉയരുന്ന കാര്യങ്ങളെല്ലാം പലിശയിലൂടെ ലഭിച്ച ധനം കൊണ്ടാണ് നടത്തിക്കൊണ്ടിരുന്നത്.
Narrator (contextual; within Nāgarakhaṇḍa narrative)
Scene: A council scene: the king with ministers, ledgers and coin-bags present; moneylenders and petitioners appear—wealth circulates through usury, casting a shadow over governance.
FAQs
Wealth gained through unrighteous means (like exploitative usury) taints public life and becomes a cause of decline in dharma.
This verse functions as moral narrative within the Tīrthamāhātmya context; no specific tīrtha is named in this line itself.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; the emphasis is ethical—on the purity of livelihood and governance.