अब्रह्मण्योऽव्रती भिक्षुर्दुष्टात्मा कपटी सदा । नार्हसि त्वं मम पुरः संभाषयितुमीश्वर
abrahmaṇyo'vratī bhikṣurduṣṭātmā kapaṭī sadā | nārhasi tvaṃ mama puraḥ saṃbhāṣayitumīśvara
તું બ્રાહ્મણોનો હિતેચ્છુ નથી; તું વ્રતવિહિન છે; નામમાત્ર ભિક્ષુ, અંતરમાં દુષ્ટ અને સદા કપટી છે. હે ઈશ્વર, મારા સમક્ષ વાત કરવા તું અયોગ્ય છે।
Devī (Pārvatī/Umā)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The goddess, stern and wounded, denounces the supposed mendicant as vowless and deceitful, refusing him the right to speak in her presence; the ascetic stands composed, hinting at concealed divinity.
Hypocrisy and vowlessness negate spiritual authority; dharma demands integrity, restraint, and respect for sacred order.
This verse is part of a Tīrthamāhātmya narrative frame in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, but the specific tīrtha is not named within this single shloka.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the emphasis is ethical—observance of vrata (vows) and truthful conduct.
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