Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60
विभक्तस्तु यदा पुत्रो भ्राता वाऽपहरेद्धनम् । तदा दोषमवाप्नोति चौर्योत्थं मतमेव मे
vibhaktastu yadā putro bhrātā vā'pahareddhanam | tadā doṣamavāpnoti cauryotthaṃ matameva me
لیکن جب بیٹا یا بھائی تقسیم ہو کر الگ ہو جائے اور پھر مال لے، تو وہ قصوروار ہوتا ہے—یہ چوری سے پیدا ہونے والا گناہ ہے؛ یہی میرا قطعی قول ہے۔
Likhita
Listener: Śaṅkha
Scene: Likhita draws a clear dividing line (symbolic partition) between two households; the act of crossing it to take wealth is shown as shadowed, indicating theft-born fault.
FAQs
Once boundaries are established, violating them becomes adharma; separation in estate makes unauthorized taking equivalent to theft.
Not stated in this verse; it is part of the dharma instruction within the tīrtha-māhātmya narrative.
None; it defines wrongdoing (doṣa) in terms of property separation.