Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 70
नान्यस्य कर्मणः शक्तिर्विद्यते ते नखायुध । पूजादिकस्य हीनत्वाद्धस्ताभ्यामिति मे मतिः
nānyasya karmaṇaḥ śaktirvidyate te nakhāyudha | pūjādikasya hīnatvāddhastābhyāmiti me matiḥ
ឱ អ្នកមានក្រចកជាអាវុធ! អ្នកគ្មានសមត្ថភាពធ្វើកិច្ចការផ្សេងទៀតទេ។ ព្រោះខ្វះវិធីសាស្ត្រពិធីបូជាផ្លូវការ និងអ្វីៗដទៃ ខ្ញុំយល់ថា ការប្រារព្ធដោយ “ដៃ” ទាំងពីររបស់អ្នក—គឺការប្រទក្សិណា និងការគោរពបួងសួង—តែប៉ុណ្ណោះសមរម្យ។
Nandinī (deduced: continues her instruction)
Tirtha: Bāṇa-pratiṣṭhita Mahāliṅga (forest shrine)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Tiger (addressed as nakhāyudha)
Scene: Nandinī gently explains to the claw-weaponed tiger that elaborate rites are beyond him; therefore, simple bodily devotion—circumambulation and bowing—is the fitting path.
FAQs
Dharma and devotion are accessible: when elaborate ritual is impossible, sincere simple acts remain effective.
The same great forest Liṅga (Bāṇa-pratiṣṭhita) is implied as the locus of these simplified devotional acts.
It prioritizes simple bodily devotion (like circumambulation and bowing) over elaborate pūjā when one lacks the means.
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