Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 79
न च क्षीरप्रदा गावो यद्यपि स्युः सुपोषिताः । न भवंति प्रभू ताश्च यत्नेनापि सुरक्षिताः
na ca kṣīrapradā gāvo yadyapi syuḥ supoṣitāḥ | na bhavaṃti prabhū tāśca yatnenāpi surakṣitāḥ
گائیں اگرچہ خوب پرورش پائیں، پھر بھی دودھ نہیں دیتیں؛ اور کوشش سے حفاظت کی جائے تب بھی وہ پھلتی پھولتی اور کارآمد نہیں بنتیں۔
Skanda (deduced; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A cowshed with well-fed cows yet empty milk pots; caretakers look bewildered; protective fences and guards are shown, but the herd appears listless; a small shrine with a lamp indicates the missing spiritual axis.
FAQs
Without dharma, even sincere effort fails to produce fruit—abundance and nourishment diminish.
No tīrtha is named; the verse is part of a broader depiction of inauspicious conditions.
None.