Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 93
बहुना किं मनुष्येभ्यः सर्वो धन्योऽन्ययोनिजः । स्वभावमेव जानीहि पुण्यापुण्यादिकल्पना
bahunā kiṃ manuṣyebhyaḥ sarvo dhanyo'nyayonijaḥ | svabhāvameva jānīhi puṇyāpuṇyādikalpanā
ମନୁଷ୍ୟମାନଙ୍କ ବିଷୟରେ ବହୁତ କହି କଣ? ଅନ୍ୟ ଯୋନିରେ ଜନ୍ମିଥିବା ମଧ୍ୟ ସର୍ବଥା ଧନ୍ୟ। ଏହାକୁ କେବଳ ସ୍ୱଭାବ ବୋଲି ଜାଣ; ପୁଣ୍ୟ‑ପାପ ଆଦି କଳ୍ପନାମାତ୍ର।
Unspecified in snippet (likely a materialistic/hedonistic interlocutor within the dialogue)
Listener: Nandabhadra
Scene: A disputation scene: a speaker asserting ‘svabhāva alone’ and dismissing merit/demerit, while a composed listener prepares to respond; ascetic ambience with subtle tension.
FAQs
It presents a disputant’s claim that ‘puṇya and pāpa’ are conceptual, setting up the text’s later reaffirmation of dharma.
None; the focus is doctrinal debate rather than sthala-māhātmya.
None; it argues about the basis of ethics rather than prescribing practice.