Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26
मम त्वं कुरुते नैव ममेदं गृहमित्यसौ । न गृहं जायते तस्य न स्वयं हि कृतं यतः
mama tvaṃ kurute naiva mamedaṃ gṛhamityasau | na gṛhaṃ jāyate tasya na svayaṃ hi kṛtaṃ yataḥ
അത് ‘നീ എന്റെത്’ എന്നും ‘ഈ വീട് എന്റെത്’ എന്നും ഒരിക്കലും കരുതുന്നില്ല; കാരണം അത് സ്വയം പണിയാത്തതിനാൽ അതിന് സ്വന്തമായൊരു ഗൃഹം ഉണ്ടാകുന്നില്ല.
An ascetic/renunciate narrator within the Tīrthamāhātmya dialogue (speaker not explicitly named in the provided snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Close, emblematic scene: the serpent rests in a house yet shows no possessive bond; the narrator points out the absence of ‘mine-ness’ as the key lesson.
FAQs
The ‘mine’ notion (mamakāra) is the root of bondage; freedom begins with non-ownership.
No specific site is named in this verse; it is a dharma-teaching within the Mahātmya setting.
None; it is a philosophical-ethical instruction.