Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36
नाग्निस्तृप्यति काष्ठानां नापगानां महोदधिः । नांतकः सर्वभूतानां न पुंसां वामलोचना
nāgnistṛpyati kāṣṭhānāṃ nāpagānāṃ mahodadhiḥ | nāṃtakaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ na puṃsāṃ vāmalocanā
آگ لکڑی سے کبھی سیر نہیں ہوتی؛ عظیم سمندر دریاؤں سے کبھی نہیں بھرتا۔ موت جانداروں سے کبھی سیر نہیں ہوتی—اور خوبصورت عورت بھی مردوں سے کبھی سیر نہیں ہوتی۔
Garuḍa
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (standard Skanda Purāṇa frame)
Scene: A didactic tableau: blazing fire consuming logs; rivers pouring into a vast ocean; Yama/Death gathering beings; a courtesan-like 'vāmalochanā' symbolizing insatiable desire—arranged as four emblematic panels around a central sage reciting nīti.
FAQs
Worldly appetite is portrayed as insatiable; liberation-oriented dharma requires restraint and higher discernment.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it supports the chapter’s broader tīrtha-mahātmya by emphasizing inner discipline.
None; it is a proverbial teaching on the nature of insatiability.