Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 86
किं सुरूपं कुरूपं वा यदा भेदो न दृश्यते । तारतम्यं सुरूपत्वे सततं भिन्नदर्शनात्
kiṃ surūpaṃ kurūpaṃ vā yadā bhedo na dṛśyate | tāratamyaṃ surūpatve satataṃ bhinnadarśanāt
នៅពេលមិនឃើញភាពខុសគ្នាទេ តើ ‘ស្អាត’ ឬ ‘អាក្រក់’ មានអ្វី? កម្រិតខុសគ្នានៃសោភ័ណភាពកើតឡើងជានិច្ច ព្រោះការមើលឃើញភាពបែងចែក។
Unspecified (Revā-khaṇḍa narrative voice; concluding discernment on perception)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha-pradeśa (contextual)
Type: river
Scene: A contemplative teaching on perception: the speaker frames beauty and ugliness as indistinguishable when difference is not seen; the scene is quiet, philosophical, with listeners reflecting.
FAQs
Judgments like beauty and ugliness depend on perceived difference; in unity-vision, such rankings fade.
No specific tīrtha is referenced; the verse is a philosophical wrap-up within Revā-khaṇḍa.
None; it points to inner transformation through changed perception.