Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17
राजोवाच । संन्यस्तोऽहं द्विजश्रेष्ठा न राज्यं कर्तुमुत्सहे । न सुतानां न दाराणां संग्रहं च कथंचन
rājovāca | saṃnyasto'haṃ dvijaśreṣṭhā na rājyaṃ kartumutsahe | na sutānāṃ na dārāṇāṃ saṃgrahaṃ ca kathaṃcana
王は言った。「おお、婆羅門の中の最勝者よ、我はすでに出家し世を捨てた。王国を治める意志はない。子や妻を持つこと、その責めをいかなる形でも負いたくはない。」
King (Rājā)
Scene: A weary king, ornaments set aside, speaks to an assembled circle of venerable brāhmaṇas; the court atmosphere is subdued, signaling renunciation and moral conflict.
FAQs
Dharma can appear as competing obligations; the verse voices the renunciant ideal even within a political crisis.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of the narrative context that frames the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya.
None; the verse asserts a saṃnyāsa stance—refusal of kingship and household responsibilities.
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