Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 39
असंभाव्यं न वक्तव्यं मनसापि न चिन्तयेत् । ईदृशीं नैव बुध्यामि आपदं च विभो तव
asaṃbhāvyaṃ na vaktavyaṃ manasāpi na cintayet | īdṛśīṃ naiva budhyāmi āpadaṃ ca vibho tava
«Qu’on ne parle pas de l’impossible, qu’on ne l’imagine même pas en son esprit. Ô Seigneur tout-puissant, je ne puis concevoir qu’un tel malheur t’atteigne.»
Nārada (continuing his reply)
Listener: Īśvara
Scene: Nārada, hands raised in respectful protest, declares that one should not even think of an impossible calamity befalling the Lord; the deity listens with composed, transcendent calm.
FAQs
Devotion views the Supreme as beyond harm; faith resists imagining defeat or disgrace for the Divine.
No tīrtha is referenced in this verse.
None; it is a devotional-philosophical assertion within dialogue.