Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15
धूलिधूसरितांगं तं ते तु दृष्ट्वा महीपतिम् । चंडाल इति मन्वानाश्चिह्नैर्गात्रसमुद्भवैः
dhūlidhūsaritāṃgaṃ taṃ te tu dṛṣṭvā mahīpatim | caṃḍāla iti manvānāścihnairgātrasamudbhavaiḥ
ধূলিত ধূসৰ অঙ্গযুক্ত সেই মহীপতিক দেখি, দেহত উদ্ভূত চিহ্নসমূহৰ পৰা অনুমান কৰি তেওঁলোকে তেওঁক চণ্ডাল বুলি ভাবিলে।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in a māhātmya frame)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A dust-greyed figure of a once-regal king stands at the edge of a serene Vedic hermitage; sages’ attendants recoil, pointing at bodily ‘signs’ and whispering ‘caṇḍāla’.
FAQs
External appearance can mislead; dharma calls for discernment beyond superficial marks and circumstances.
The verse continues the āśrama-tīrtha narrative setting; it does not specify a named tīrtha in this line.
None; it sets up a moral and social-dharmic tension within the āśrama encounter.