Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26
षंढ उवाच । न वृत्तिर्गर्हिता तेन नाहं व्यंतरपीडितः । मणिभद्रो न चैष स्यादेष वेषकरः पुमान्
ṣaṃḍha uvāca | na vṛttirgarhitā tena nāhaṃ vyaṃtarapīḍitaḥ | maṇibhadro na caiṣa syādeṣa veṣakaraḥ pumān
ষণ্ডে ক’লে: “সেই জীৱিকা নিন্দনীয় নহয়, আৰু মই কোনো ব্যন্তৰৰ পীড়াত নহয়। এই মানুহো মণিভদ্ৰ নহয়—ই কেৱল ভেশধাৰী, ছদ্মবেশ লোৱা এজন।”
Ṣaṇḍha
Scene: Ṣaṇḍha stands firm, palms open in explanation; the crowd listens; a faint, imagined silhouette of Maṇibhadra (yakṣa with ornaments) contrasts with the revealed ‘masquerader’.
FAQs
It distinguishes appearance from truth and rejects superstition, insisting on clear discernment before blaming “spirit-affliction.”
Not specified in this verse; it is embedded in a broader tīrtha-māhātmya context.
None; it is a spoken clarification within the story.
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