Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 63
शृण्वंतु ब्राह्मणाः सर्वे वचनं मम सांप्रतम् । मया विनिर्गतेनैव तत्पुरात्तोषितो हरः
śṛṇvaṃtu brāhmaṇāḥ sarve vacanaṃ mama sāṃpratam | mayā vinirgatenaiva tatpurāttoṣito haraḥ
“Wahai semua brāhmaṇa, kini dengarkanlah ucapanku. Dengan kepergianku dari kota itu saja, Hara (Śiva) telah berkenan.”
Trijāta (inferred from immediate narrative context: he begins addressing the brāhmaṇas)
Scene: Trijāta speaks with calm conviction to the assembled brāhmaṇas, declaring that Śiva was pleased by his leaving the city; the crowd’s posture shifts from panic to attentive hope.
FAQs
Renunciation undertaken for dharma can become an offering that pleases Śiva and opens the path to divine aid.
The verse references a “city” and a forest context within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya, but does not name the tīrtha explicitly in this line.
No explicit rite; it highlights a dharmic act (leaving the city) viewed as spiritually efficacious.
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