Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 21
ब्राह्मण्यार्थे न सम्प्रोक्तः कथंचित्स महातपाः । ब्राह्मणस्त्वं वसिष्ठेन ततो वैरमजायत
brāhmaṇyārthe na samproktaḥ kathaṃcitsa mahātapāḥ | brāhmaṇastvaṃ vasiṣṭhena tato vairamajāyata
तो महातपस्वी असूनही ब्राह्मणत्वाच्या बाबतीत वसिष्ठांनी त्याला कधीही मान्यता दिली नाही; त्यामुळेच वैर उत्पन्न झाले।
Mārkaṇḍeya
Listener: Rohitāśva
Scene: Vasiṣṭha withholds acknowledgment; Viśvāmitra, austere and wounded, turns inward toward tapas—fire of resolve replacing the fire of anger.
FAQs
External recognition and inner attainment can clash; Purāṇic dharma emphasizes transformation through tapas and righteous practice over mere labels.
Not specified in this verse; it continues the backstory within the tīrtha-māhātmya chapter.
None directly; it frames the emotional and dharmic tension that precedes the teaching of a vrata.