Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 23
नगरं स तदा देशमप्राक्षीदिति विस्मितः । जना ऊचुः । न जानीमो वयं भूपमिंद्रद्युम्नं न तत्पुरम्
nagaraṃ sa tadā deśamaprākṣīditi vismitaḥ | janā ūcuḥ | na jānīmo vayaṃ bhūpamiṃdradyumnaṃ na tatpuram
Amazed, he asked about the city and the region. The people replied: “We do not know that king Indradyumna, nor do we know that city of his.”
Narrator; quoted speech by the townspeople
Scene: Indradyumna questions townspeople in a marketplace; faces show polite confusion. The king’s astonishment contrasts with the crowd’s ordinary indifference, emphasizing the gulf between personal memory and public history.
FAQs
Even great royal fame can vanish from human memory; only dharma and divine connection endure beyond time.
No tīrtha is praised here; the verse stresses historical forgetting rather than pilgrimage merit.
None.