Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23
संख्याहीनस्तथा कोशस्तादृङ्मे बहुरत्नभाक् । कस्य यास्यति संभोगं मया हीनस्तु रक्षितः
saṃkhyāhīnastathā kośastādṛṅme bahuratnabhāk | kasya yāsyati saṃbhogaṃ mayā hīnastu rakṣitaḥ
اور میرا خزانہ بھی—جو کبھی بےشمار جواہرات سے لبریز تھا—کم ہوتا جائے گا۔ مجھ سے محروم ہو کر وہ کس کی حفاظت میں امن اور آسودگی پائے گا؟
Unnamed king (rājā) lamenting consequences of a curse (śāpa)
Scene: A jewel-filled treasury chamber imagined as fading—chests half-open, gems dimmed—while the king worries about protection and enjoyment without his guardianship.
FAQs
Wealth is unstable and dependent on righteous protection; without dharmic leadership, prosperity declines.
No specific tīrtha is explicitly named in this verse; it supports the surrounding tīrtha-māhātmya narrative.
None; the verse focuses on the king’s anxiety over protection and decline of resources.