Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 80
आविकानां तथोष्ट्रीणां यत्र क्षीरप्रशंसकाः । लोका भवंति निःश्रीकास्तथा ये च मलिम्लुचाः
āvikānāṃ tathoṣṭrīṇāṃ yatra kṣīrapraśaṃsakāḥ | lokā bhavaṃti niḥśrīkāstathā ye ca malimlucāḥ
जिथे लोक मेंढ्या व उंटिणीच्या दुधाची प्रशंसा करतात, तिथे जनता श्रीहीन होते; आणि तिथे मलिम्लुच—अपवित्र लुटारू वृत्तीचेही असतात।
Skanda (deduced; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A marketplace where people extol sheep and camel milk; prosperity symbols (Lakṣmī’s lotus, overflowing granary) appear faded or departing; shadowy malimluca figures lurk at edges; a pilgrim points toward a tīrtha/temple as the path back to śrī.
FAQs
A fallen culture shows distorted values and impure livelihoods, leading to the departure of śrī—fortune, harmony, and dignity.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.
None.