Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41
यथायथा भवेल्लाभो वांचितस्य नृणामिह । हविषा कृष्णवर्त्मेव वृद्धिं याति तथातथा
yathāyathā bhavellābho vāṃcitasya nṛṇāmiha | haviṣā kṛṣṇavartmeva vṛddhiṃ yāti tathātathā
इथे मनुष्याला जसा जसा इच्छित लाभ मिळतो, तशी तशी तृष्णा वाढत जाते; हविर्दानाने पोसलेल्या अग्नीप्रमाणे ती अधिकच प्रज्वलित होते।
Atithi (inferred)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A contemplative pilgrim watches a sacrificial fire flare up as clarified butter is poured; the flame becomes a metaphor for craving swelling with each ‘gain’.
FAQs
Satisfying craving often amplifies it; restraint and discernment are needed for peace.
The discourse is situated in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya portion of Nāgara-khaṇḍa.
No direct prescription; the verse uses yajña imagery (havis and fire) as a moral metaphor.