Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6
कोशस्यान्तो न विद्येत हस्त्यश्वरथपत्तिमान् । इतिहासपुराणज्ञैः पण्डितैः सह संकथाम्
kośasyānto na vidyeta hastyaśvarathapattimān | itihāsapurāṇajñaiḥ paṇḍitaiḥ saha saṃkathām
तस्य कोशस्यान्तो न विद्येत; हस्त्यश्वरथपत्तिसम्पद्भिः समृद्धः। इतिहासपुराणविद्भिः पण्डितैः सह स धर्मकथां संकथाम्।
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, unspecified in snippet)
Scene: A prosperous king in court: overflowing treasury, elephants and horses in the background, while the king converses with seated pandits holding palm-leaf manuscripts of Itihāsa and Purāṇa.
FAQs
Prosperity is stabilized by śāstra-guided counsel; learning and dharma safeguard political power.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it sets the narrative tone for the Revā-region account.
None; the practice implied is śāstra-saṅga—keeping company with learned Purāṇic authorities.