Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10
अनेन पाप्मनाऽस्माकं कुभूपेन प्रणाशिता । खे गतिर्लोभयित्वा तु पत्न्योऽस्माकमकृत्रिमाः । सरलास्तद्गणाः सर्वे येनेदृग्व्यसनं स्थितम्
anena pāpmanā'smākaṃ kubhūpena praṇāśitā | khe gatirlobhayitvā tu patnyo'smākamakṛtrimāḥ | saralāstadgaṇāḥ sarve yenedṛgvyasanaṃ sthitam
اس گناہ آلود فعل سے اُس بدکردار راجہ نے ہمیں برباد کر دیا۔ ہماری راہ اور عزم کو لالچ دے کر اس نے ہماری بے فریب بیویوں کو بہکا لیا؛ اس کے سب سادہ لوگ بھی—اسی کے سبب—یہ ہولناک آفت برپا ہونے کا باعث بنے۔
Sages/brāhmaṇas (lamenting and attributing blame)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Aggrieved men/ascetics lamenting a king’s wrongdoing; background suggests an āśrama or tīrtha precinct; the mood is accusatory and sorrowful, with wives implied as victims and the king as the unseen cause.
FAQs
Greed and improper patronage corrupt both giver and receiver; dharma breached by leaders can precipitate widespread suffering.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it continues the moral-legal narrative embedded in the tīrtha-māhātmya.
No direct prescription; the verse reinforces the earlier dharma rule against temptations and improper acceptance of royal gifts by ascetics.