Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । तस्माद्वैश्रवण स्थानान्नैरृत्यां वरवर्णिनि । स्वयं स्थितः कुबेरस्तु सर्वदारिद्र्यनाशनः
īśvara uvāca | tasmādvaiśravaṇa sthānānnairṛtyāṃ varavarṇini | svayaṃ sthitaḥ kuberastu sarvadāridryanāśanaḥ
ईश्वर म्हणाले—हे वरवर्णिनी! त्या वैश्रवणस्थानापासून नैऋत्य दिशेस स्वयं कुबेर विराजमान आहेत; ते सर्व दारिद्र्याचा नाश करणारे आहेत।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Kubera-sthāna (within Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī/Pārvatī (addressed as varavarṇinī)
Scene: Īśvara instructs the Devī about a southwest sacred spot where Kubera abides, depicted as a jeweled, pot-bellied deity seated with treasure vessels, near a coastal grove and shrine markers.
FAQs
Wealth is framed as dharmically ordered: worship at the proper sacred locus aligns prosperity with divine guardianship and removes destitution.
Kubera/Vaiśravaṇa-sthāna within Prabhāsakṣetra, located with directional specificity (southwest).
No direct prescription in this verse; it identifies the Kubera-sthāna and its promised benefit (poverty-destruction).