Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37
तथा चैव कुकीनाशः प्रभूतेऽपि धने सति । न ददाति स पापात्मा कस्यचित्किञ्चिदेव हि । न भक्षयति तृष्णार्तः स्वयमेव कथंचन
tathā caiva kukīnāśaḥ prabhūte'pi dhane sati | na dadāti sa pāpātmā kasyacitkiñcideva hi | na bhakṣayati tṛṣṇārtaḥ svayameva kathaṃcana
ଏପରି ଭାବେ ପ୍ରଚୁର ଧନ ଥିଲେ ମଧ୍ୟ ସେ ସମ୍ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଭାବେ ନଷ୍ଟପ୍ରାୟ ହେଲେ। ସେ ପାପାତ୍ମା କାହାକୁ ମଧ୍ୟ କିଛି ଦାନ ଦେଉନଥିଲେ; ତୃଷ୍ଣାରେ ପୀଡିତ ହୋଇ ସେ ନିଜେ ମଧ୍ୟ କୌଣସି ପ୍ରକାରେ ଭୋଜନସୁଖ ଭୋଗ କରୁନଥିଲେ।
Narrator (contextual; within Nāgarakhaṇḍa narrative)
Scene: A miser’s tragedy: Maṇibhadra amid heaps of wealth, yet refusing alms to supplicants; he himself sits hungry, clutching coins, eyes restless with craving.
FAQs
Wealth without dāna becomes bondage: greed destroys both social virtue and personal joy.
No particular tīrtha is named in this verse; it provides ethical contrast typical of tīrtha-māhātmya narratives.
The implied prescription is dāna—sharing wealth—though no specific rite, time, or recipient-class is specified here.