Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48
साधुत्वेनाथ चौर्येण कृष्या वा वाणिजेन वा । त्वमुपानयसे भोज्यं न मे चिन्ता प्रजायते
sādhutvenātha cauryeṇa kṛṣyā vā vāṇijena vā | tvamupānayase bhojyaṃ na me cintā prajāyate
साधुत्वेनाथ चौर्येण कृष्या वा वाणिजेन वा, त्वं मे भोज्यं समुपानयसि; तस्मान्मे चिन्ता न प्रजायते।
Father
Listener: putra (son)
Scene: The father speaks with unsettling frankness; the son appears conflicted—one hand holding provisions, the other half-raised as if to protest; the scene conveys the tension between survival and righteousness.
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The verse exposes moral complacency: benefiting from any means without concern can dull dharma; it sets up the need to choose righteous livelihood.
No tīrtha is named in this verse.
None; it contrasts modes of livelihood rather than prescribing a rite.
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