Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 39
नृपुरांतरसि द्ध्यर्थं चिंतयामास चेतसा । श्मशाने नूपुरमिदं यतः प्राप्तं मया पुरा
nṛpurāṃtarasi ddhyarthaṃ ciṃtayāmāsa cetasā | śmaśāne nūpuramidaṃ yataḥ prāptaṃ mayā purā
राजनगराच्या अंतःपुरात प्रवेशसिद्धीचा उपाय शोधीत तो मनात विचार करू लागला—“हे नूपुर मला पूर्वी स्मशानातून मिळाले होते।”
Narrator (contextual; Setukhaṇḍa narrative voice)
Scene: एकः धूर्त/वीरः पुरुषः नगरस्य अन्तःपुर-प्रवेशोपायं चिन्तयन्; मनसि श्मशानात् प्राप्तं नूपुरं स्मरति—पृष्ठभूमौ धूसर-श्मशान, कपाल-स्थल, श्मशानदीपाः।
FAQs
It highlights how impure or fearsome places like the cremation-ground can become pivotal in destiny; Purāṇic narratives often warn that desire-driven schemes begin with recollection of such dark associations.
The broader setting is the Setukhaṇḍa (Setu/Rāmeśvara sacred region), though this verse itself focuses on a śmaśāna episode rather than praising a specific tīrtha by name.
No explicit ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is prescribed in this verse.
Read Skanda Purana in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with audio, word-by-word meanings, and more.