Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 93
स्नानसंध्यादिहीनश्च मायावी याचते जनम् । भक्तिं करोमि परमां स च क्रुध्यति मां प्रति
snānasaṃdhyādihīnaśca māyāvī yācate janam | bhaktiṃ karomi paramāṃ sa ca krudhyati māṃ prati
স্নান, সন্ধ্যা-আদি কর্মবিহীন ও ছলনায় আসক্ত হয়ে সে লোকের কাছে ভিক্ষা চাইত। আমি পরম ভক্তি নিবেদন করলেও সে আমার প্রতি ক্রুদ্ধ হল।
Unspecified female speaker (first-person ‘I’) within the narrative
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A deceitful mendicant-brāhmaṇa begs at doorways, unbathed and unkempt; a devotee approaches with folded hands, offering reverence, but the brāhmaṇa turns with a scowl.
FAQs
Outer religious identity without nitya-karma and inner integrity is condemned; true devotion is met with hostility by the unrighteous.
The verse belongs to the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra Māhātmya narrative cycle in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.
Snāna (bathing) and sandhyā observance are referenced as essential daily disciplines.
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