Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 59
युष्माभिः स्वामिभिः संस्थैरापदोऽभिभवंति माम् । तत्किमेतन्महाभागाः क्षीयन्ते मम संपदः । रोगाश्चैव विवर्धंते शत्रुसंघैः समन्विताः
yuṣmābhiḥ svāmibhiḥ saṃsthairāpado'bhibhavaṃti mām | tatkimetanmahābhāgāḥ kṣīyante mama saṃpadaḥ | rogāścaiva vivardhaṃte śatrusaṃghaiḥ samanvitāḥ
‘ข้าแต่ท่านผู้เป็นนายอันควรบูชา แม้ท่านทั้งหลายสถิตอยู่ ภัยพิบัติก็ยังครอบงำข้าพเจ้า โอ้ผู้มีบุญยิ่ง เหตุไฉนเล่า? ทรัพย์ของข้าพเจ้าร่อยหรอ โรคาพาธทวีขึ้น และมาพร้อมหมู่ศัตรูทั้งหลาย’
The King (mahīpati) speaking to the Brahmins (vipras)
Tirtha: Camatkārapura
Type: kshetra
Scene: The king speaks anxiously to assembled Brahmins, gesturing toward signs of decline—empty granaries, worried ministers, distant armed enemies—while Brahmins listen gravely.
FAQs
Misfortune is treated as a dharmic signal: the wise inquire into causes and seek guidance from the learned, not merely external remedies.
The immediate setting is Camatkārapura from the preceding verse; this shloka itself focuses on the king’s lament rather than tīrtha praise.
No direct prescription here; it prepares the request for intensified śānti-homa and dāna in the next verse.