Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48
अर्थार्थी जीवलोकोऽयं श्मशानमपि सेवते । जनितारमपि त्यक्त्वा निःस्वः संयाति दूरतः
arthārthī jīvaloko'yaṃ śmaśānamapi sevate | janitāramapi tyaktvā niḥsvaḥ saṃyāti dūrataḥ
अर्थलोभी हा जीवजगत श्मशानाचीही सेवा करतो; आणि मनुष्य निःस्व झाला की जनकासही सोडून दूर निघून जातो।
Kṣatriya (narrative context within Nāgarakhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Śmaśāna (generic, symbolic)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A figure driven by greed walks toward a cremation-ground with jackals and funeral smoke; in contrast, a penniless person departs alone, leaving even parents behind—impermanence and social abandonment are central.
FAQs
Greed for wealth can push people toward impure or fearful places and can corrode family bonds; therefore one should seek artha only within dharma.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as moral instruction within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya narrative setting.
None; it is a cautionary statement about conduct driven by wealth-seeking.