Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34
कथंचिदपि यद्येष जीवयिष्यति पार्थिव । पितृमातृपुरार्थे च देशानुत्सादयिष्यति
kathaṃcidapi yadyeṣa jīvayiṣyati pārthiva | pitṛmātṛpurārthe ca deśānutsādayiṣyati
हे पार्थिव! कसेही करून हा जिवंत राहिला, तर माता-पित्याच्या हेतूने व नगर-राज्य मिळविण्याच्या लोभाने प्रेरित होऊन तो प्रदेशांचा उच्छेद करील।
Brāhmaṇas (court astrologer-priests) addressing the King
Listener: The king
Scene: Astrologers describe a shadowed future: a young prince silhouetted against burning villages/ruined fields in a prophetic vision, while the king recoils in sorrow.
FAQs
Unchecked fate-signs and ambition can harm society; dharmic restraint and remedial rites are implied as safeguards.
This verse itself is part of the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya narrative frame; the specific tīrtha is not named in this single shloka.
No ritual is specified here; the concern sets up the later recommendation of graha-śānti (pacificatory rites).