Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45
त्वष्टा तस्मै ददौ प्रीतस्ततो रत्नान्यनेकशः । संख्याहीनानि तस्यैव कुप्याकुप्यमनंतकम्
tvaṣṭā tasmai dadau prītastato ratnānyanekaśaḥ | saṃkhyāhīnāni tasyaiva kupyākupyamanaṃtakam
แล้วทวษฏฤ ผู้ยินดีในเขา ได้ประทานรัตนะนานาชนิด—นับไม่ถ้วน—พร้อมทั้งคลังเสบียงอันไม่รู้สิ้น ทั้งของมีค่าและของสามัญ
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in the provided excerpt)
Scene: Tvaṣṭṛ, radiant and artisan-like, pours forth jewels and goods into the recipient’s hands or treasury; heaps of gems, textiles, vessels—both precious and ordinary—signify ‘kupyākupya’ abundance.
FAQs
Power and prosperity arise through divine sanction, yet they remain instruments within dharma—meant to be used rightly rather than clung to as ultimate.
This verse functions as narrative setup within the Tīrthamāhātmya; the specific tīrtha is not named in the shloka itself.
No explicit vrata, dāna, snāna, or japa is prescribed in this verse.