Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30
ततश्च चिन्तयामास किमेतत्स्वप्नदर्शनम् । चित्तभ्रमोऽथवाऽस्माकमिन्द्रजालमथापि वा
tataśca cintayāmāsa kimetatsvapnadarśanam | cittabhramo'thavā'smākamindrajālamathāpi vā
അപ്പോൾ അവൻ ചിന്തിച്ചു—“ഇത് സ്വപ്നദർശനമാണോ? അല്ലെങ്കിൽ മനസ്സിന്റെ ഭ്രമമോ? അതോ ഏതെങ്കിലും ഇന്ദ്രജാലസദൃശമായ മായയോ?”
Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Purāṇic narration)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A solitary man in morning light, hand to chin, brows furrowed—debating whether the night’s experience was dream, mental confusion, or magic.
FAQs
The proper response to the marvelous is inquiry and discernment; not everything perceived is ultimately real or lasting.
The verse is embedded in a tīrtha-mahātmya narrative, but the specific location is not named in this line.
None; it is an internal reflection that advances the plot toward revelation.