Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 42
तस्मान्नात्मविदो निन्द्या आत्मैवाहं न चेतरः । कोऽयं कस्त्वं क्व चाहं वै कस्माच्छप्ता हि वै द्विजाः
tasmānnātmavido nindyā ātmaivāhaṃ na cetaraḥ | ko'yaṃ kastvaṃ kva cāhaṃ vai kasmācchaptā hi vai dvijāḥ
അതുകൊണ്ട് ആത്മവിദന്മാരെ നിന്ദിക്കരുത്; ആത്മാവേ ഞാൻ, മറ്റൊന്നുമല്ല. ഇവൻ ആര്, നീ ആര്, ഞാൻ എവിടെ—ഏതു കാരണത്താൽ ദ്വിജർ ശപിക്കപ്പെട്ടു?
Śiva (continuing Mahādeva’s speech)
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nandin
Scene: Śiva declares the non-dual Self: ‘I am the Self alone, not another,’ then poses piercing questions—who is who, where is ‘I’—challenging the basis of the curse against brāhmaṇas.
FAQs
Self-knowledge dissolves hostility and ‘otherness’; blame and anger lose their footing when identity is examined.
The Kedāra-kṣetra context frames the teaching, presenting Kedāra as a place where profound Shaiva wisdom is articulated.
None; the verse is contemplative and philosophical, urging inquiry into self and cause.