Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 25
विविच्य नंदभद्रस्तत्सारं मोक्षेषु जगृहे । कृषिं केचित्प्रशंसंति नंदभद्रो न मन्यते
vivicya naṃdabhadrastatsāraṃ mokṣeṣu jagṛhe | kṛṣiṃ kecitpraśaṃsaṃti naṃdabhadro na manyate
Having rightly discerned, Nandabhadra accepted the essence as mokṣa, liberation. Though some praise agriculture, Nandabhadra does not regard it as the highest good.
Lomaharṣaṇa Sūta (deduced; Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narration to sages)
Scene: Nandabhadra, calm and austere, listens to villagers praising farming; he gestures toward a Śiva shrine and the path of liberation, holding a staff and waterpot.
FAQs
Discernment reveals mokṣa as the true essence; worldly occupations are not the highest aim.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it introduces Nandabhadra’s value-choice toward liberation.
None directly; the verse points to mokṣa-oriented living rather than occupational praise.