Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45
तस्मात्कोपो न कर्तव्यः क्षेत्रे चात्र व्यवस्थितैः । क्षमां कुरु मुनिश्रेष्ठ कृपां कृत्वा ममोपरि
tasmātkopo na kartavyaḥ kṣetre cātra vyavasthitaiḥ | kṣamāṃ kuru muniśreṣṭha kṛpāṃ kṛtvā mamopari
അതുകൊണ്ട് ഈ പുണ്യക്ഷേത്രത്തിൽ വസിക്കുന്നവർ കോപിക്കരുത്. ഹേ മുനിശ്രേഷ്ഠാ, എന്നോടു കരുണ കാണിച്ച് ക്ഷമിക്കണമേ.
Unnamed petitioner (addressing a sage, ‘muniśreṣṭha’)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A supplicant addresses a great sage, urging that no anger be shown in the kṣetra and begging forgiveness and compassion.
FAQs
In a sacred place, anger should be restrained and compassion cultivated; forgiveness is upheld as a core religious virtue.
The verse speaks generally of ‘kṣetra’ (a sanctified locale); the adjoining verses identify the shrine and liṅga associated with this kṣetra.
A behavioral prescription: avoid anger in the holy kṣetra and seek/offer forgiveness.