Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 104
मायाविशारदैस्तैश्च धनेन विद्यया ततः । अध जग्धं ततस्तैस्तु तेषां मध्ये स्थितं च तैः
māyāviśāradaistaiśca dhanena vidyayā tataḥ | adha jagdhaṃ tatastaistu teṣāṃ madhye sthitaṃ ca taiḥ
ต่อมา คนเหล่านั้นผู้ชำนาญในมายา อาศัยทรัพย์และวิทยา ก่อให้เกิดความตกต่ำยิ่งขึ้น; ดังนั้นสิ่งที่ตั้งอยู่ท่ามกลางพวกเขาเองก็ถูกพวกเขากลืนกินและทำลาย
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Scene: A circle of cunning figures with manuscripts and coin-pouches perform deceptive acts; at the center, a sacred object/altar or communal trust is shown being metaphorically ‘consumed’—cracking, darkening, or collapsing.
FAQs
When knowledge and wealth are harnessed for deception (māyā), they lead not to merit but to degradation and ruin.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the ethical-narrative thread within the māhātmya.
None.
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