Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 20
नक्षत्ररंगजीवी च याति वैतरणीं नरः । धनयौवनमत्तो यो धनहा कृष्णमेति सः
nakṣatraraṃgajīvī ca yāti vaitaraṇīṃ naraḥ | dhanayauvanamatto yo dhanahā kṛṣṇameti saḥ
O homem que vive de espetáculos e exibições astrológicas vai para Vaitaraṇī. E aquele que, embriagado por riqueza e juventude, destrói os bens, vai para “Kṛṣṇa”, o estado infernal de trevas.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narrative convention)
Tirtha: Vaitaraṇī (naraka-river) / Kṛṣṇa (dark naraka-state)
Type: river
Listener: Ṛṣis/Devotees (contextual audience of the khanda)
Scene: A moral tableau: a charlatan astrologer performing a gaudy spectacle before a crowd; beside him a youth drunk on wealth squanders riches; in the background the dread river Vaitaraṇī and a dark ‘Kṛṣṇa’ hell-state loom as karmic shadows.
FAQs
Right livelihood and humility are dharmic; prideful misuse of wealth and deceptive living lead to suffering.
No terrestrial tīrtha is praised; Vaitaraṇī is referenced as a feared infernal river/threshold.
None explicitly; the implied guidance is ethical conduct and restraint from dhana-mada.