Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 21
ततो माता सुतां प्राह आत्मार्थे सकलो जनः । विशेषं कुरुते कृत्ये सामान्ये च व्यवस्थिते
tato mātā sutāṃ prāha ātmārthe sakalo janaḥ | viśeṣaṃ kurute kṛtye sāmānye ca vyavasthite
そのとき母は娘に言った。「自らの利のために、人は皆、行いにおいて特別な区別を設けるものだ。たとえ事が本来は共通で、すでに定まっていても。」
Mother (within Sūta’s narration; deduced)
Scene: A mother privately advising her daughter, emphasizing how people create special distinctions for their own benefit; an intimate domestic scene with restrained gestures.
FAQs
It warns that self-interest can distort fairness, urging vigilance so that dharma is not compromised by personal preference.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a moral turn within the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya narrative.
None; it is an ethical observation preparing the narrative for a choice or deviation in the prescribed arrangement.
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