Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 84
तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा स कोपं परमं गतः । अब्रवीद्भर्त्समानस्तु याज्ञवल्क्यं ततः परम्
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā sa kopaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ | abravīdbhartsamānastu yājñavalkyaṃ tataḥ param
Mendengar kata-katanya itu, dia menjadi sangat murka; lalu sambil menegur Yājñavalkya, dia berkata lagi.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; describing Śākalya’s reaction)
Tirtha: Ānarta narrative frame
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka et al. (implied)
Scene: Śākalya, angered, rebukes Yājñavalkya; the atmosphere is charged, with onlookers tense and silent.
FAQs
The guru–śiṣya bond carries gravity; refusal of rightful instruction is portrayed as a serious breach inviting correction.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse advances the moral-ritual narrative inside the Tīrthamāhātmya chapter.
None directly; it transitions to the guru’s admonition that frames ritual duty as part of discipleship.