Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39
निर्धनत्वं तथा राज्यं तुलायां धारयेद्बुधः । अकिंचनत्वमधिकं जायते संमतिर्मम
nirdhanatvaṃ tathā rājyaṃ tulāyāṃ dhārayedbudhaḥ | akiṃcanatvamadhikaṃ jāyate saṃmatirmama
دانشمند آدمی فقر اور بادشاہی کو ترازو میں تولے۔ میری پختہ رائے یہ ہے کہ بے نیازی، یعنی کچھ نہ رکھنا، ہی بڑا بھلا ہے۔
Atri (contextual)
Listener: mune / interlocutor (unspecified)
Scene: A symbolic balance scale: on one pan a crown, throne, and treasury; on the other a simple waterpot and staff—yet the ‘light’ of non-possession shines brighter; a sage points to the scale while pilgrims watch.
FAQs
Akiñcanatva (non-possession) is presented as spiritually superior even to royal power.
No site is directly named; the verse functions as a general Māhātmya teaching for pilgrims and renunciants.
None; it is a dharmic evaluation encouraging the renunciant ideal.