Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 116
बदरीमंतरेणापि दृश्यंते कण्टका न हि । तस्मात्कस्यास्ति निर्माणं यस्य यावत्तथैव तत्
badarīmaṃtareṇāpi dṛśyaṃte kaṇṭakā na hi | tasmātkasyāsti nirmāṇaṃ yasya yāvattathaiva tat
Même sans l’arbre badarī (jujubier), on voit des épines. Dès lors, de qui serait la «création» de ce qui demeure tel quel, dans la mesure même où cela existe ?
Unclear from snippet; philosophical disputant within the dialogue
Tirtha: Badarī (allusive)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A teacher points to thorny shrubs growing where no jujube tree stands, using the landscape as a living metaphor for causality and persistence.
FAQs
It challenges simplistic causality claims through analogy, pushing the listener to reflect on what truly constitutes ‘creation’ or agency.
None; the verse is an illustrative analogy within a doctrinal debate.
No ritual prescription occurs; the focus is argumentative reasoning.