Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 45
मलीमसेन पापेन पांचभौतेन किं सुखम् । बालोयं वेदविच्छांतस्तपस्वी बहुशास्त्रवित्
malīmasena pāpena pāṃcabhautena kiṃ sukham | bāloyaṃ vedavicchāṃtastapasvī bahuśāstravit
أي سعادة يمكن أن توجد في هذا الجسد القذر الآثم المكون من العناصر الخمسة؟ هذا الفتى هادئ، وعالم بالفيدا، وزاهد، ومطلع على العديد من الكتب المقدسة.
The wife (Madayantī, praising the boy and condemning bodily sin)
Scene: A serene, learned boy-ascetic sits composed, holding a palm-leaf manuscript; the speaker gestures toward the frailty of the five-element body, contrasting purity of mind with bodily impurity.
FAQs
Worldly embodiment is fragile and morally perilous; Vedic knowledge, peace, and tapas are upheld as true worth.
No tīrtha is mentioned.
None; the verse is evaluative, praising tapas and learning.