Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 26
कोपमप्युररीकृत्य यदि यायां कथंचन । कथं तिष्ठे पुरस्तस्य तर्हि वै मूढभृत्यवत्
kopamapyurarīkṛtya yadi yāyāṃ kathaṃcana | kathaṃ tiṣṭhe purastasya tarhi vai mūḍhabhṛtyavat
അവന്റെ കോപം പോലും ഏറ്റുവാങ്ങി എങ്ങനെയോ ഞാൻ പോയാലും, പിന്നെ അവന്റെ മുമ്പിൽ ഞാൻ എങ്ങനെ നിൽക്കും—മൂഢ ഭൃത്യനെപ്പോലെ?
Mārtaṇḍa (continued from preceding verse context)
Tirtha: Mandara (Mandarācala)
Type: peak
Listener: null
Scene: A lone figure imagines himself before the towering presence of the Three-eyed Lord; his posture is bent, hands lowered, as if unable to meet the gaze—‘like a foolish servant’.
FAQs
True service requires integrity; when conscience knows a duty is incomplete, pride collapses into humility.
No single tīrtha is named; the ongoing Kāśī-kṣetra narrative provides the sacred setting.
None; the verse expresses moral hesitation and the psychology of repentance.