Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55
तवापि योग्यतां श्रेष्ठां करिष्यामि महामते । यदि मे वर्तसे वाक्ये मुक्त्वा स्पर्द्धां द्विजोद्भवाम्
tavāpi yogyatāṃ śreṣṭhāṃ kariṣyāmi mahāmate | yadi me vartase vākye muktvā sparddhāṃ dvijodbhavām
“Wahai yang berhati agung, Aku pun akan menganugerahkan kepadamu kelayakan dan kewenangan tertinggi—jika engkau berpegang pada sabdaku, setelah menanggalkan persaingan yang lahir dari keangkuhan Brāhmaṇa.”
Maheśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Same refuge-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva offers a boon-like assurance while simultaneously admonishing; Citraśarman’s posture shifts from confident to humbled—head bowed, hands folded—signaling the inner turning from rivalry to obedience.
FAQs
Spiritual authority is perfected through humility and obedience to dharma, not through pride or rivalry.
The verse is ethical instruction within the kṣetra narrative; it does not name a particular tīrtha.
No ritual act is prescribed; the ‘practice’ here is moral discipline—renouncing spardhā and following Śiva’s instruction.