Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 61
न तत्र दुःखितः कश्चिद्दरिद्रोऽपि न दुःखितः । नाकर्मनिरतो वापि पाखण्डनिरतोऽथवा
na tatra duḥkhitaḥ kaściddaridro'pi na duḥkhitaḥ | nākarmanirato vāpi pākhaṇḍanirato'thavā
وہاں کوئی غمگین نہ تھا—حتیٰ کہ غریب بھی غمگین نہ تھے؛ نہ کوئی بے عملی میں لگا ہوا تھا، نہ کوئی پाखنڈ یا گمراہانہ دکھاوے میں مبتلا تھا۔
Unspecified narrator (city-description in Nāgarakhaṇḍa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A panoramic view of a harmonious city: people engaged in honest work, serene faces, brāhmaṇas teaching, no beggary or deceit; the king observes this surprising righteousness and universal contentment.
FAQs
A truly dharmic sacred place manifests inner and outer well-being—reducing suffering and discouraging hypocrisy and adharma.
An exemplary city within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s tīrthamāhātmya is praised; the exact tīrtha/city name is not specified in this excerpt.
No explicit ritual; it describes the moral-spiritual climate that supports rites like śrāddha and yajña.