Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13
स एवं लब्धलक्षोऽपि दस्युकर्मणि नित्यशः । कृत्वा चौर्यं पुपोषाथ निजमेव कुटुम्बकम्
sa evaṃ labdhalakṣo'pi dasyukarmaṇi nityaśaḥ | kṛtvā cauryaṃ pupoṣātha nijameva kuṭumbakam
اگرچہ اسے کمائی کا ایک طریقہ مل گیا تھا، پھر بھی وہ روزانہ ڈاکوؤں کے کام میں لگا رہتا۔ چوری کر کے وہ صرف اپنے ہی گھرانے کی پرورش کرتا رہا۔
Narrator (specific speaker not stated in the provided excerpt)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A brāhmaṇa-turned-thief in a village edge, counting stolen goods while his small household is fed; shadows and moral tension dominate the frame.
FAQs
Sustenance gained through adharma becomes a habit-chain; Purāṇic dharma insists livelihood must be righteous even under pressure.
Not specified in this verse; it continues the ethical backstory before the tīrtha-centered turning point.
None.
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