अधर्मिणः समेधंते धनधान्यसमृद्धिभिः । अधर्मादेव च परं समूलं यांत्यधोगतिम्
adharmiṇaḥ samedhaṃte dhanadhānyasamṛddhibhiḥ | adharmādeva ca paraṃ samūlaṃ yāṃtyadhogatim
अधर्मी जन कधी धन-धान्यसमृद्धीने फोफावतात; पण अधर्मामुळेच ते अखेरीस मुळासकट अधोगतीस जातात.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A moral tableau: an unrighteous man amid overflowing granaries and gold, while behind him a shadowy chasm opens—symbolizing inevitable ‘adhogati’.
Material success gained through adharma is unstable and ends in total ruin.
No single site is named; the verse functions as universal dharma teaching within the Kāśī narrative.
None.