Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41
यथायथा भवेल्लाभो वांचितस्य नृणामिह । हविषा कृष्णवर्त्मेव वृद्धिं याति तथातथा
yathāyathā bhavellābho vāṃcitasya nṛṇāmiha | haviṣā kṛṣṇavartmeva vṛddhiṃ yāti tathātathā
यथायथा नृणामिह वाञ्छितस्य लाभो भवति, तथातथा तृष्णा वर्धते; हविषा पोषितोऽग्निरिव कृष्णवर्त्मा वृद्धिं याति।
Atithi (inferred)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A contemplative pilgrim watches a sacrificial fire flare up as clarified butter is poured; the flame becomes a metaphor for craving swelling with each ‘gain’.
FAQs
Satisfying craving often amplifies it; restraint and discernment are needed for peace.
The discourse is situated in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya portion of Nāgara-khaṇḍa.
No direct prescription; the verse uses yajña imagery (havis and fire) as a moral metaphor.
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