Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 21
विश्वामित्र उवाच । न मामेष द्विजं ब्रूते कथंचित्प्रपितामह । तस्मादेष प्रकोपो मे संजातोऽस्य वधोपरि
viśvāmitra uvāca | na māmeṣa dvijaṃ brūte kathaṃcitprapitāmaha | tasmādeṣa prakopo me saṃjāto'sya vadhopari
Viśvāmitra dit : «Ô Arrière-Grand-Père, il ne me reconnaît en aucune manière comme dvija, “deux fois né”. C’est pourquoi cette colère s’est levée en moi, tournée vers sa mort.»
Viśvāmitra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brahmā (Prapitāmaha)
Scene: Viśvāmitra, eyes blazing, speaks to Brahmā about not being acknowledged as twice-born; the scene centers on inner fire manifesting as outer threat.
FAQs
Status-pride and wounded recognition can inflame krodha; dharma calls for humility and restraint.
Not specified in this verse; it continues the interpersonal doctrinal conflict within the tīrtha chapter.
None; the verse explains the motive behind the conflict.