Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 37
आत्मज्ञानं परं केचित्समलोष्टाश्मकांचनम् । इत्थं व्यवस्थिते लोके कृत्याकृत्यविधौ जनाः
ātmajñānaṃ paraṃ kecitsamaloṣṭāśmakāṃcanam | itthaṃ vyavasthite loke kṛtyākṛtyavidhau janāḥ
អ្នកខ្លះចាត់ទុក «អាត្មជ្ញាន» (ចំណេះដឹងអំពីអាត្មា) ជាអធិបតី—ដែលមើលដុំដី ថ្ម និងមាស ស្មើគ្នា។ ដូច្នេះ ក្នុងលោកដែលបានរៀបចំដូចនេះ មនុស្សចែកចេញគ្នា ក្នុងវិធានអំពីអ្វីគួរធ្វើ និងមិនគួរធ្វើ។
Narrative voice (context not explicit in snippet; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa per Māheśvarakhaṇḍa convention)
Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (frame typical)
Scene: A jñānī seated in meditation; before him lie a clod of earth, a stone, and a gold ornament—rendered with equal visual emphasis—while groups of townsfolk argue in the background about rules and duties.
FAQs
Because many paths are asserted as supreme, people become confused about right conduct; the verse points toward the need for clear dharmic discernment.
No tīrtha is named in this verse.
None; the verse describes a philosophical stance (equanimity born of Self-knowledge).