Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 76
धनिनां छिद्रकृत्प्रोक्तमेतत्स्थानचतुष्टयम् । पार्थिवानां विशेषेण मम वाक्या द्व्रज द्रुतम्
dhanināṃ chidrakṛtproktametatsthānacatuṣṭayam | pārthivānāṃ viśeṣeṇa mama vākyā dvraja drutam
“یہ چار مقام مالداروں میں ‘چھید’ یعنی کمزوری پیدا کرنے والے بتائے گئے ہیں—خصوصاً بادشاہوں کے لیے۔ میرے حکم کے مطابق فوراً وہاں چلا جا۔”
Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
Scene: Brahmā concludes with authority: these are the four vulnerability-making stations for the wealthy, especially kings; he commands immediate action—an emphatic closure to the counsel.
FAQs
For rulers and the prosperous, small lapses become major ‘breaches’; dharma demands heightened restraint and awareness.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it frames a cautionary teaching within the Tīrthamāhātmya.
No direct ritual is stated; it summarizes the ‘four places’ (sthāna-catuṣṭaya) connected to the teaching.