Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26
मम त्वं कुरुते नैव ममेदं गृहमित्यसौ । न गृहं जायते तस्य न स्वयं हि कृतं यतः
mama tvaṃ kurute naiva mamedaṃ gṛhamityasau | na gṛhaṃ jāyate tasya na svayaṃ hi kṛtaṃ yataḥ
Ia tidak pernah menyangka, “Engkau milikku,” atau “Rumah ini milikku.” Kerana ia tiada rumahnya sendiri—sebab ia tidak membinanya dengan tangannya sendiri.
An ascetic/renunciate narrator within the Tīrthamāhātmya dialogue (speaker not explicitly named in the provided snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Close, emblematic scene: the serpent rests in a house yet shows no possessive bond; the narrator points out the absence of ‘mine-ness’ as the key lesson.
FAQs
The ‘mine’ notion (mamakāra) is the root of bondage; freedom begins with non-ownership.
No specific site is named in this verse; it is a dharma-teaching within the Mahātmya setting.
None; it is a philosophical-ethical instruction.