Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
रेवत्युवाच । येयं दुष्टतमा काचिद्दृश्यते दुष्टतापसी । अस्या जातो विकारोऽयं ममास्ये नागसत्तमाः
revatyuvāca | yeyaṃ duṣṭatamā kāciddṛśyate duṣṭatāpasī | asyā jāto vikāro'yaṃ mamāsye nāgasattamāḥ
ৰেৱতীয়ে ক’লে: "ইয়াত এগৰাকী অতি দুষ্ট তপস্বিনীক দেখা গৈছে। হে নাগশ্ৰেষ্ঠসকল, তাইৰ বাবেই মোৰ মুখত এই বিকৃতি ঘটিছে।"
Revatī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nāgas (addressed as nāga-sattamāḥ)
Scene: Revatī, still afflicted, points or gestures toward a nearby ascetic woman with harsh aura; the nāgas listen intently, faces stern and protective.
FAQs
Outer signs (affliction) are linked to moral conflict; even ascetic appearance does not guarantee purity of intent.
Not specified in this shloka; it remains within the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya framework.
None.
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