Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
ब्राह्मणा ऊचुः । सर्वे वयं महाराज भूपस्याप्यधिका यतः । अहंकारेण दर्पेण निजं स्थानं समाश्रिताः
brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ | sarve vayaṃ mahārāja bhūpasyāpyadhikā yataḥ | ahaṃkāreṇa darpeṇa nijaṃ sthānaṃ samāśritāḥ
ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣರು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಓ ಮಹಾರಾಜ! ನಾವು ಎಲ್ಲರೂ ರಾಜನಿಗಿಂತಲೂ ತಾವೇ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠರೆಂದು ಭಾವಿಸಿದೆವು; ಅಹಂಕಾರ ಮತ್ತು ದರ್ಪದಿಂದ ನಮ್ಮ ಸ್ಥಾನವನ್ನೇ ಆಶ್ರಯಿಸಿಕೊಂಡೆವು।
Brāhmaṇas
Listener: Mahārāja (king)
Scene: A group of brāhmaṇas stand before a seated king, heads slightly bowed, hands joined, confessing their arrogance; the court atmosphere is solemn, with a sense of moral reckoning.
FAQs
Spiritual authority without humility becomes ego; repentance and self-awareness restore dharmic order between social roles.
The verse is part of the Śrīhāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya narrative; it does not directly praise a tīrtha in this line.
None explicitly; the emphasis is ethical—confession of pride and recognition of proper conduct.
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