Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36
सन्तप्यंते ततो द्वेषं प्रकुर्वंति परस्परम् । किं न श्रुतं भवद्भिस्तु यथा रामः सलक्ष्मणः । सीतया सह संप्राप्तो विरोधं परमं गतः
santapyaṃte tato dveṣaṃ prakurvaṃti parasparam | kiṃ na śrutaṃ bhavadbhistu yathā rāmaḥ salakṣmaṇaḥ | sītayā saha saṃprāpto virodhaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ
Então ardem por dentro e geram ódio uns contra os outros. Não ouvistes como Rāma, junto com Lakṣmaṇa, chegando com Sītā, caiu em grande conflito?
Indra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Pilgrims in a sacred city begin to quarrel, faces flushed with inner heat; the narrator gestures as if warning, while a faint vignette of Rāma-Lakṣmaṇa-Sītā in dispute appears as an illustrative memory.
FAQs
Anger and mutual hatred destroy harmony and obstruct spiritual benefit; pilgrims should restrain kopa in sacred places.
The admonition is given within the Hāṭakeśvara kṣetra narrative of Nāgarakhaṇḍa.
A behavioral discipline is implied: avoid anger and quarrel while residing/undertaking pilgrimage.