Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 22
अस्या नास्ति शिवज्ञानं नास्ति घोरतरं तपः । सत्यं नास्ति दया नास्ति कथमेनां निनीषथ
asyā nāsti śivajñānaṃ nāsti ghorataraṃ tapaḥ | satyaṃ nāsti dayā nāsti kathamenāṃ ninīṣatha
ഇവളിൽ ശിവജ്ഞാനമില്ല, ഇവൾ കഠിനമായ തപസ്സ് ചെയ്തിട്ടില്ല. ഇവളിൽ സത്യമില്ല, ദയയുമില്ല. അങ്ങനെയുള്ള ഇവളെ നിങ്ങൾ എങ്ങനെ കൊണ്ടുപോകും?
Yamadūta
Scene: Critics enumerate missing virtues—no Śiva-knowledge, no tapas, no truth, no compassion—while divine attendants remain calm, implying a hidden merit or Śiva’s will.
FAQs
Moral and spiritual virtues are presented as qualifications—yet the narrative context often reveals that grace can transcend apparent lack of qualifications.
No geographical site is mentioned.
Austerity (tapas) is referenced as a traditional spiritual discipline, but no specific vow or method is prescribed.