Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 21
ब्राह्मण्यार्थे न सम्प्रोक्तः कथंचित्स महातपाः । ब्राह्मणस्त्वं वसिष्ठेन ततो वैरमजायत
brāhmaṇyārthe na samproktaḥ kathaṃcitsa mahātapāḥ | brāhmaṇastvaṃ vasiṣṭhena tato vairamajāyata
ទោះបីជាគាត់ជាមហាតបស្វី ក៏ដោយ ក៏វសិષ્ઠៈមិនទទួលស្គាល់គាត់ថាជាប្រាហ្មណៈ ក្នុងរឿងស្ថានភាពប្រាហ្មណៈឡើយ; ដោយហេតុនោះ សត្រូវភាពបានកើតឡើង។
Mārkaṇḍeya
Listener: Rohitāśva
Scene: Vasiṣṭha withholds acknowledgment; Viśvāmitra, austere and wounded, turns inward toward tapas—fire of resolve replacing the fire of anger.
FAQs
External recognition and inner attainment can clash; Purāṇic dharma emphasizes transformation through tapas and righteous practice over mere labels.
Not specified in this verse; it continues the backstory within the tīrtha-māhātmya chapter.
None directly; it frames the emotional and dharmic tension that precedes the teaching of a vrata.