Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41
मठोऽयं सुशिलाबद्धो नैव खातं प्रजायते । तुंगत्वान्न प्रवेशः स्यादुपायैर्विविधैः परैः
maṭho'yaṃ suśilābaddho naiva khātaṃ prajāyate | tuṃgatvānna praveśaḥ syādupāyairvividhaiḥ paraiḥ
এই মঠটো সুদৃঢ় শিলৰ দ্বাৰা নিৰ্মিত, ইয়াত কোনো সুৰংগ খন্দা সম্ভৱ নহয়। ইয়াৰ উচ্চতাৰ বাবে, অন্য কোনো উপায়েৰেও প্ৰৱেশ কৰা সম্ভৱ নহয়।
Narrator quoting the schemer’s inner speech (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A towering stone monastery with tightly fitted masonry rises above; the antagonist looks up, frustrated, as ladders, digging tools, and other ‘methods’ appear futile in imagination.
FAQs
Sacred institutions are to be protected; when dharma is strong (symbolized by firm stonework), adharma finds no entry.
Not specified; the focus is the maṭha as a protected sacred space.
None; it is descriptive of obstacles to intrusion.
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