Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48
ततः प्रोवाच तं भूयः शाकल्यं कुपिताननः । एकमप्यक्षरं नास्ति तावकीयं ममोदरे
tataḥ provāca taṃ bhūyaḥ śākalyaṃ kupitānanaḥ | ekamapyakṣaraṃ nāsti tāvakīyaṃ mamodare
પછી ક્રોધિત મુખે તેણે ફરી શાકલ્યને કહ્યું—“મારા ઉદરમાં તારો એક પણ અક્ષર નથી રહ્યો।”
Disciple (name not provided in the snippet; addressing Śākalya)
Scene: A figure with a wrathful expression confronts Śākalya, gesturing emphatically as if rejecting received syllables; the atmosphere is tense, with onlookers or disciples witnessing the rupture.
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The verse underscores the gravity of severing the guru–śiṣya bond and frames knowledge as something that can be ritually ‘given back’ in narrative symbolism.
No tīrtha is mentioned in this individual verse.
None; it is a narrative declaration following a mantra-water episode.
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