Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 116
बदरीमंतरेणापि दृश्यंते कण्टका न हि । तस्मात्कस्यास्ति निर्माणं यस्य यावत्तथैव तत्
badarīmaṃtareṇāpi dṛśyaṃte kaṇṭakā na hi | tasmātkasyāsti nirmāṇaṃ yasya yāvattathaiva tat
Даже без дерева бадари (зизифуса) всё же видны шипы. Следовательно, чьё это «творение» — то, что остаётся таким, каково оно есть, в той мере, в какой существует?
Unclear from snippet; philosophical disputant within the dialogue
Tirtha: Badarī (allusive)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A teacher points to thorny shrubs growing where no jujube tree stands, using the landscape as a living metaphor for causality and persistence.
FAQs
It challenges simplistic causality claims through analogy, pushing the listener to reflect on what truly constitutes ‘creation’ or agency.
None; the verse is an illustrative analogy within a doctrinal debate.
No ritual prescription occurs; the focus is argumentative reasoning.