Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 65
न मया वीक्षितः कश्चिदिदानीं राजसेवक । तदन्यं पृच्छ चेत्कार्यं तवानेन ब्रवीतु सः
na mayā vīkṣitaḥ kaścididānīṃ rājasevaka | tadanyaṃ pṛccha cetkāryaṃ tavānena bravītu saḥ
હે રાજસેવક, મેં હમણાં કોઈને જોયો નથી. જો તારે કંઈ કાર્ય હોય તો બીજાને પૂછ; તે તને કહેશે।
Unspecified character speaking to a rājasevaka (royal attendant); broader speaker not given in snippet
Listener: Brāhmaṇas/ṛṣis
Scene: A focused artisan refuses to be drawn into courtly errands, telling the royal servant to ask someone else; his posture suggests inward absorption.
FAQs
It underscores careful speech and non-involvement in uncertain matters—an aspect of dharmic self-restraint.
No named tīrtha is stated in this verse; it functions as narrative dialogue within a larger māhātmya.
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