Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20
अब्रह्मण्योऽव्रती भिक्षुर्दुष्टात्मा कपटी सदा । नार्हसि त्वं मम पुरः संभाषयितुमीश्वर
abrahmaṇyo'vratī bhikṣurduṣṭātmā kapaṭī sadā | nārhasi tvaṃ mama puraḥ saṃbhāṣayitumīśvara
তুমি ব্রাহ্মণদের অনুকূল নও; তুমি ব্রতহীন; নামমাত্র ভিক্ষু, অন্তরে দুষ্ট এবং সদা কপট। হে ঈশ্বর, আমার সম্মুখে কথা বলার যোগ্য নও।
Devī (Pārvatī/Umā)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The goddess, stern and wounded, denounces the supposed mendicant as vowless and deceitful, refusing him the right to speak in her presence; the ascetic stands composed, hinting at concealed divinity.
FAQs
Hypocrisy and vowlessness negate spiritual authority; dharma demands integrity, restraint, and respect for sacred order.
This verse is part of a Tīrthamāhātmya narrative frame in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, but the specific tīrtha is not named within this single shloka.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the emphasis is ethical—observance of vrata (vows) and truthful conduct.