Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24
यदि कश्चिन्न मे पूजां करिष्यति कदाचन । कथंचिन्मानवः कश्चित्स मे भक्ष्यो भविष्यति
yadi kaścinna me pūjāṃ kariṣyati kadācana | kathaṃcinmānavaḥ kaścitsa me bhakṣyo bhaviṣyati
“اگر کوئی انسان کبھی میری پوجا نہ کرے، تو کسی نہ کسی طرح وہی انسان میرا خوراک بنے گا۔”
Unspecified in snippet (context suggests a deity/being issuing a vow or threat within the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative)
FAQs
Neglect of due worship (pūjā) is portrayed as spiritually perilous; reverence and ritual responsibility safeguard the devotee.
The verse occurs within Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 132), but this single shloka does not name the tīrtha explicitly.
The implied prescription is regular pūjā (worship) to the addressed deity/being; no further ritual steps are detailed in this verse.