Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 61
न त्वं स्त्री पुरुषो विद्वाञ्जानीह्यात्मानमात्मना । अयं स्वयंकृतोऽनर्थ आवाभ्यां यद्विचेष्टितम्
na tvaṃ strī puruṣo vidvāñjānīhyātmānamātmanā | ayaṃ svayaṃkṛto'nartha āvābhyāṃ yadviceṣṭitam
You are not truly woman or man, O learned one—know the Self by the Self. This calamity is self-made, born of what we two have done.
Sumedhā
Scene: A sober dialogue scene: a learned person being instructed to abandon gender/body-identification and recognize the Self; the atmosphere is introspective, with minimal external action—two figures seated, one admonishing with calm authority.
FAQs
True identity is the Ātman beyond bodily labels, and suffering is often the fruit of one’s own actions—hence one must return to viveka.
No tīrtha is mentioned.
None; it emphasizes self-knowledge and moral accountability.