Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 60
शशविषाणमेवैतज्त्रानं संसार एव च । किं कार्यं बहुनोक्तेन वचसा निष्फलेन हि
śaśaviṣāṇamevaitajtrānaṃ saṃsāra eva ca | kiṃ kāryaṃ bahunoktena vacasā niṣphalena hi
Cette « connaissance » est comme une corne de lièvre—et le saṃsāra l’est aussi (pris comme réalité ultime). À quoi bon tant de paroles, quand elles sont, en vérité, sans fruit ?
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sage gestures to a mythical hare with no horn, illustrating impossibility; nearby, a crowd of debaters fades into silence as the sage turns inward toward the Kedāra liṅga—speech dissolving into realization.
FAQs
Mere talk and conceptual ‘knowledge’ are empty; the teaching points to direct realization beyond verbal elaboration.
The verse sits within Kedāra Khaṇḍa’s Kedāra context, but it does not directly praise a particular shrine or spot.
None; it discourages fruitless verbosity and implies the need for lived realization.