Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 49
कथं स्वर्गो मुमुक्षा वा साध्यते दृषदा यथा । क्रोधो वा यदि संत्याज्यस्ततः शत्रुक्षयः कथम्
kathaṃ svargo mumukṣā vā sādhyate dṛṣadā yathā | krodho vā yadi saṃtyājyastataḥ śatrukṣayaḥ katham
স্বৰ্গ বা মোক্ষৰ আকাঙ্ক্ষা কেনেকৈ কেৱল এটা শিলাৰ দৰে সহজে সাধ্য হ’ব? আৰু যদি ক্ৰোধ নিশ্চয় ত্যাজ্য হয়, তেন্তে শত্রুনাশ কেনেকৈ সম্পন্ন হ’ব?
Unspecified questioner (prior to 'Bāla uvāca' in v.53; likely the listener raising doubts)
Listener: Youthful teacher (Kaumāra/Skanda-figure)
Scene: A warrior-seeker stands at a crossroads: one path to a luminous shrine (mokṣa), another to a battlefield; a calm teacher indicates a middle way—action without anger—while a dark red figure of Krodha tries to seize the warrior.
FAQs
It voices a common doubt: renouncing anger seems to conflict with worldly aims like overcoming adversaries.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is part of a philosophical-ethical inquiry.
None; the focus is on the practical tension between inner virtue and worldly action.