Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25
जल्पंति चेदृशं सर्वं तस्य रूपेण विस्मिताः । अत्रये वदन्ति सेवाम एनमर्थेन वर्जिताः
jalpaṃti cedṛśaṃ sarvaṃ tasya rūpeṇa vismitāḥ | atraye vadanti sevāma enamarthena varjitāḥ
അവന്റെ സൗന്ദര്യരൂപത്തിൽ വിസ്മയിച്ചവർ പലവിധം അങ്ങനെ സംസാരിച്ചു; അത്രിയോടു—“ഇവനെ നാം സേവിക്കാം” എന്നു പറഞ്ഞു, എങ്കിലും അതിൽ യുക്തമായ ലക്ഷ്യമോ ലൗകികഹേതുവോ ഇല്ലായിരുന്നു।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)
Scene: A radiant youth stands in a street or courtyard; onlookers—women and men—gaze in astonishment, hands folded, speaking to sage Atrī with an impulse to serve.
FAQs
It shows how astonishment can turn into misguided ‘service’ without discernment; Purāṇic dharma emphasizes right intention (artha) aligned with virtue and sacred order.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it remains within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative frame.
None; the word ‘sevā’ appears as narrative intent, not as a formal ritual injunction.
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