Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28
यन्न देवेषु यक्षेषु सिद्धविद्याधरेषु च । नागेषु राक्षसेन्द्रेषु मानुषेषु च का कथा
yanna deveṣu yakṣeṣu siddhavidyādhareṣu ca | nāgeṣu rākṣasendreṣu mānuṣeṣu ca kā kathā
જે દેવોમાં, યક્ષોમાં, સિદ્ધો અને વિદ્યાધરોમાં પણ મળતું નથી, નાગોમાં પણ નથી, રાક્ષસેન્દ્રોમાં પણ નથી—તો મનુષ્યોમાં તેની શું વાત!
Unspecified narrator within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya
Scene: A courtly-epic moment where an extraordinary ornament is praised as surpassing all celestial realms; the speaker gestures through a cosmic catalogue of beings (devas, yakṣas, siddhas, vidyādharas, nāgas, rākṣasas, humans).
FAQs
Grace received in a sacred context can be incomparable—beyond ordinary worldly attainments.
The verse amplifies the extraordinary nature of the sage’s gift within the tīrtha/āśrama context, though no place-name is given here.
None; it is a eulogy of the gift’s rarity across realms.
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