Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 129
कोशकारमिवात्मानं वेष्टयन्नावबुध्यते
kośakāramivātmānaṃ veṣṭayannāvabudhyate
Wie der Seidenwurm, der sich in seinen Kokon einhüllt, so hüllt er sich selbst ein und erkennt sein eigenes Ātman, das wahre Selbst, nicht.
Narrator (contextual; within tīrtha-māhātmya teaching)
Scene: A solitary figure sits curled within a translucent cocoon of threads labeled by suggestion—desire, fear, pride—while a faint inner light (ātman) remains unseen; outside, a sage points toward the heart-lotus.
FAQs
Attachment and self-created entanglement veil true self-knowledge; liberation begins with recognizing this bondage.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a general dharmic/adhyātmic maxim within the māhātmya context.
None directly; the verse is a metaphorical instruction aimed at inner awakening rather than an external rite.