Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
मुनीनां यः स्वभावो हि त्वयि लेशो न नारद । विद्यते ब्रह्मणः पुत्र उच्यते किमतः परम्
munīnāṃ yaḥ svabhāvo hi tvayi leśo na nārada | vidyate brahmaṇaḥ putra ucyate kimataḥ param
ಓ ನಾರದಾ! ನಿನ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಮುನಿಗಳ ಸಹಜ ಸ್ವಭಾವದ ಲೇಶಮಾತ್ರವೂ ಇಲ್ಲ. ನೀನು ಬ್ರಹ್ಮನ ಪುತ್ರನೆಂದು ಕರೆಯಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತೀ—ಇದಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಇನ್ನೇನು ಹೇಳಬೇಕು?
Unspecified (contextual: a ṛṣi/elder addressing Nārada within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame)
Scene: Sāmba taunts Nārada: despite being Brahmā’s son, he lacks the expected muni-disposition; the exchange is tense, public, and morally charged.
FAQs
Even a spiritually exalted identity must be matched by disciplined conduct; lineage or status cannot replace muni-like self-restraint.
The broader context is Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), whose māhātmya frames the narrative and later leads into worship practices there.
No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it functions as ethical admonition preparing the ground for later acts of worship.
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