Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 50
दर्शयामासुरेवास्य निधानं भूरिवित्तजम् । तदादाय गतस्तत्र यत्रासौ नैष्ठिकः स्थितः
darśayāmāsurevāsya nidhānaṃ bhūrivittajam | tadādāya gatastatra yatrāsau naiṣṭhikaḥ sthitaḥ
അവർ അവനു അവന്റെ മറഞ്ഞുനിന്ന നിധി—അപാര ധനസമ്പത്ത്—കാണിച്ചു; അത് എടുത്തുകൊണ്ട്, ആ നൈഷ്ഠിക തപസ്വി പാർത്തിരുന്ന സ്ഥലത്തേക്ക് അവൻ പോയി।
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; specific named speaker not present in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: In the sacred field, the attendants reveal a buried hoard of abundant wealth; the man gathers it and proceeds to the dwelling of a steadfast ascetic.
FAQs
Material resources are shown as secondary; they gain true meaning when directed toward dharma and approached with guidance from the righteous.
The shloka continues a kṣetra-based narrative but does not name the tirtha explicitly.
No direct rite is specified here; the verse sets up approaching a naiṣṭhika who will guide the dhārmic course of action.