Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47
न तत्र भयसंत्रस्तस्ततः पापसमाचरेत् । प्रत्यक्षं वा विशेषेण ज्ञात्वा शस्त्रभयं च तत्
na tatra bhayasaṃtrastastataḥ pāpasamācaret | pratyakṣaṃ vā viśeṣeṇa jñātvā śastrabhayaṃ ca tat
そこでは、恐れに揺さぶられて罪に走る者はなかった。彼らは、武器と暴力への畏怖すら存在しないことを、直に明らかに悟っていたからである。
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Tīrthamāhātmya; speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A serene sacred settlement: people calm and upright, no guards or weapons; a subtle aura of protection; the ‘absence of weapon-fear’ shown by sheathed swords turning to flowers or fading into light.
FAQs
In a sanctified realm shaped by tīrtha-mahima, fear and violence subside, and the impulse toward sin naturally diminishes.
The verse occurs within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 95); the precise tīrtha name is not stated in this isolated excerpt.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; the focus is on the moral transformation (absence of fear and sin) attributed to the sacred setting.
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