Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 38
स्वभाव एव द्युसदां परोत्कर्षासहिष्णुता । बलि बाण दधीच्याद्यैरपराद्धं किमत्र तैः
svabhāva eva dyusadāṃ parotkarṣāsahiṣṇutā | bali bāṇa dadhīcyādyairaparāddhaṃ kimatra taiḥ
ជាសភាពធម្មជាតិរបស់អ្នកស្ថិតនៅសួគ៌ ដែលមិនអាចអត់ធ្មត់ចំពោះភាពលេចធ្លោរបស់អ្នកដទៃបាន; ដូច្នេះ ការដែលពួកគេបានល្មើសចំពោះ បលិ បាណ ដធិចី និងអ្នកដទៃៗ តើមានអ្វីគួរអស្ចារ្យ?
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Muni/interlocutor
Scene: A montage-like moral tableau: Bali humbled, Bāṇa confronted, Dadhīci offering his bones—framed as examples of deva intolerance toward others’ greatness.
FAQs
Even celestial power can be shadowed by envy; dharma calls for humility and recognition of true merit.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse functions as moral framing within the Kāśī narrative.
None.