Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 128
अपुत्रस्य गृहं शून्यं दिशः शून्या ह्यबान्धवाः । मूर्खस्य हृदयं शून्यं सर्वशून्यं दरिद्रता
aputrasya gṛhaṃ śūnyaṃ diśaḥ śūnyā hyabāndhavāḥ | mūrkhasya hṛdayaṃ śūnyaṃ sarvaśūnyaṃ daridratā
جس کے ہاں بیٹا نہیں، اس کا گھر سنسان ہے؛ اور جس کے رشتہ دار نہیں، اس کے لیے سمتیں بھی خالی ہیں۔ احمق کا دل خالی ہے؛ اور فقر تو ہر طرح کی خالی پن ہے۔
Narrator/teacher voice within the chapter (exact speaker not specified in snippet)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: river
Scene: Allegorical composition: an empty house with extinguished hearth, a lone figure looking to empty horizons, a darkened heart motif for folly, and a barren purse/broken granary for poverty—four ‘emptiness’ panels.
FAQs
It stresses the value of supportive relationships and responsibility, while warning that ignorance and poverty create profound lack.
No site is named; the verse is a general dharmic maxim within Revā-khaṇḍa.
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