Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 75
नमस्कृत्य वचोऽवोचमिति भाव्यर्थनोदितः । तथा मतिस्तथा मित्रं व्यवसायस्तथा नृणाम्
namaskṛtya vaco'vocamiti bhāvyarthanoditaḥ | tathā matistathā mitraṃ vyavasāyastathā nṛṇām
নমস্কাৰ কৰি মই কথা ক’লোঁ—মোৰ অভিপ্ৰেত উদ্দেশ্যৰ প্ৰেৰণাত। কিয়নো মানুহৰ মতি যেনে, তেনে সঙ্গ বাছে, আৰু তেনে উদ্যোগ গ্ৰহণ কৰে।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating within Māheśvara-khaṇḍa to the sages (deduced)
Listener: (Contextual) audience/interlocutor
Scene: A student bows and speaks with crafted words; behind the polite gesture lies a private agenda—visual contrast between serene posture and calculating gaze.
FAQs
Inner intention shapes thought, companionship, and action; dharma begins with the purification of purpose.
No sacred site is mentioned.
None; it is a reflective statement on human motivation and conduct.