Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 79
घटोत्कच उवाच । न हि न्याय्याः स्वका वक्तुं पूज्यानामग्रतो गुणाः । प्रवृत्ता एव भासंते सद्गुणाश्च रवेः कराः
ghaṭotkaca uvāca | na hi nyāyyāḥ svakā vaktuṃ pūjyānāmagrato guṇāḥ | pravṛttā eva bhāsaṃte sadguṇāśca raveḥ karāḥ
Ghaṭotkaca sprach: „Es ziemt sich nicht, vor Ehrwürdigen die eigenen Verdienste zu rühmen. Wahre Tugenden leuchten von selbst — wie die Strahlen der Sonne.“
Ghaṭotkaca
Listener: elders/pujyāḥ present in assembly (implicit)
Scene: Ghaṭotkaca speaks respectfully, hands folded or lowered, declining to list his own merits; the imagery of sunrays can appear as a symbolic backdrop.
FAQs
Humility is itself a virtue; genuine merit needs no self-advertisement and becomes evident through conduct.
None; the verse teaches interpersonal dharma and humility.
None.