Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22
चित्रांगद उवाच । कुमारब्रह्मचारी स श्रूयते मुनिसत्तमः । तत्कथं तस्य वामोरु त्वं जाता भार्यया विना
citrāṃgada uvāca | kumārabrahmacārī sa śrūyate munisattamaḥ | tatkathaṃ tasya vāmoru tvaṃ jātā bhāryayā vinā
चित्रांगद म्हणाला—तो मुनिश्रेष्ठ कुमार-ब्रह्मचारी म्हणून प्रसिद्ध आहे; मग हे वामोरु, पत्नीविना तुझा जन्म त्याच्यापासून कसा झाला?
Citrāṅgada
Type: kshetra
Scene: Citrāṅgada, astonished yet composed, questions the maiden about her birth from a famed brahmacārin; the forest becomes a courtroom of dharma, with attentive postures and serious expressions.
FAQs
Dharma traditions treat brahmacarya as a serious vow; apparent contradictions invite inquiry rather than assumptions.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it advances the narrative within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter.
None; the verse is a doctrinal/narrative question about celibacy and birth.