Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 82
दातव्यं भोक्तव्यं सति विभवे संचयो न कर्तव्यः । पश्येह मधुकरीणां संचितमर्थं हरंत्यन्ये
dātavyaṃ bhoktavyaṃ sati vibhave saṃcayo na kartavyaḥ | paśyeha madhukarīṇāṃ saṃcitamarthaṃ haraṃtyanye
جب وسعت ہو تو دینا بھی چاہیے اور جائز طور پر فائدہ بھی اٹھانا چاہیے؛ محض جمع کرنا مناسب نہیں۔ دیکھو، شہد کی مکھیوں کا جوڑا ہوا مال بھی دوسرے لے جاتے ہیں۔
Narrative voice within Tīrthamāhātmya (contextual speaker not explicit in the excerpt)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Honey-bees labor to store honey in a hive; a passerby harvests it—parallel to a hoarder’s chest being emptied by thieves/time; contrasted with a donor distributing food at a tīrtha rest-house.
FAQs
Hoarded wealth is insecure and spiritually sterile; dharmic giving and rightful enjoyment are the wise use of prosperity.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned; it is a universal instruction placed within a tīrtha-mahātmya chapter.
Dāna is explicitly advised; the verse also sanctions dharmic bhoga rather than excessive accumulation.