Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
प्रभूतं पतितं तोये प्रमादात्तस्य भूपतेः । न लब्धं तेन भूपाल अन्वेषणपरेण च
prabhūtaṃ patitaṃ toye pramādāttasya bhūpateḥ | na labdhaṃ tena bhūpāla anveṣaṇapareṇa ca
اے بھوپتے، بادشاہ کی بے احتیاطی سے بہت سا سونا پانی میں گر پڑا۔ اے بھوپال، بہت تلاش کرنے پر بھی وہ اسے واپس نہ پا سکا۔
Pulastya
Tirtha: Kanakhala
Type: ghat
Listener: Bhūpati/Bhūpāla (king)
Scene: At the ghat, a bundle of gold slips and splashes into the water; the king and attendants lean forward in alarm; divers/searchers scan the river; the current carries it away.
FAQs
Carelessness can disrupt even virtuous intentions; yet the tīrtha narrative hints that dharma is not ultimately wasted.
Kanakhala tīrtha, where the incident of the lost gold occurs.
None explicitly; the verse highlights the circumstance that precedes a later revelation about merit.