Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
यत्किञ्चित्त्रिषु लोकेषु सारभूतं प्रपश्यति । गजवाजिरथाश्वादि सर्वं गृह्णाति सोऽसुरः
yatkiñcittriṣu lokeṣu sārabhūtaṃ prapaśyati | gajavājirathāśvādi sarvaṃ gṛhṇāti so'suraḥ
त्रैलोक्यात जे काही श्रेष्ठ व मौल्यवान त्याला दिसे—हत्ती, घोडे, रथ इत्यादी—ते सर्व तो असुर बळकावीत असे।
Sūta (continued narration from Adhyāya 120 opening)
Listener: Ṛṣis at Naimiṣāraṇya (implied)
Scene: Mahīṣa’s agents seize prized elephants, horses, and chariots from the three worlds; storehouses overflow; subdued celestial beings watch helplessly as wealth is carted away.
FAQs
Unchecked power expresses itself as appropriation; Purāṇic dharma critiques greed and teaches that true ‘sāra’ (essence) is virtue, not possession.
None; the verse describes cosmic oppression rather than a pilgrimage location.
None.