Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33
अपि मृन्मयकं किंचित्काष्ठसूत्रमयं च वा । जतुकाचमयं वापि नारी धत्ते विभूषणम्
api mṛnmayakaṃ kiṃcitkāṣṭhasūtramayaṃ ca vā | jatukācamayaṃ vāpi nārī dhatte vibhūṣaṇam
সেয়া অলপ মাটিৰে গঢ়া হ’লেও, বা কাঠ আৰু সূতাৰেই হ’লেও, বা ৰেজিন আৰু কাঁচৰেই হ’লেও—নাৰী তেনে বস্তুকো অলংকাৰ বুলি ধাৰণ কৰে।
Narrator-embedded speech (continuing didactic point)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sequence-like depiction of simple ornaments—clay, wood-thread, resin, glass—being worn with pride, illustrating the mind’s power to confer value.
FAQs
Attachment can cling even to modest objects; spiritual discipline examines the tendency of the mind to seek adornment and identity through externals.
No direct tīrtha praise appears; it continues the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra episode’s moral setup.
None; the verse catalogs materials to underscore the universality of ornament-desire.