Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 70
नान्यस्य कर्मणः शक्तिर्विद्यते ते नखायुध । पूजादिकस्य हीनत्वाद्धस्ताभ्यामिति मे मतिः
nānyasya karmaṇaḥ śaktirvidyate te nakhāyudha | pūjādikasya hīnatvāddhastābhyāmiti me matiḥ
Wahai yang bersenjata cakar, engkau tidak mempunyai kemampuan untuk amalan lain. Kerana kekurangan sarana bagi pemujaan dan seumpamanya, pada hematku, bakti dengan “dua tanganmu” sendiri—yakni perbuatan sederhana seperti pradakṣiṇā dan sujud hormat—itulah yang sesuai.
Nandinī (deduced: continues her instruction)
Tirtha: Bāṇa-pratiṣṭhita Mahāliṅga (forest shrine)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Tiger (addressed as nakhāyudha)
Scene: Nandinī gently explains to the claw-weaponed tiger that elaborate rites are beyond him; therefore, simple bodily devotion—circumambulation and bowing—is the fitting path.
FAQs
Dharma and devotion are accessible: when elaborate ritual is impossible, sincere simple acts remain effective.
The same great forest Liṅga (Bāṇa-pratiṣṭhita) is implied as the locus of these simplified devotional acts.
It prioritizes simple bodily devotion (like circumambulation and bowing) over elaborate pūjā when one lacks the means.