Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 36
तस्मादस्मादहंकारात्सत्स्वप्येषु गुणेषु च । अप्रख्यातं ध्वस्तरूपमिदं तीर्थं भविष्यति
tasmādasmādahaṃkārātsatsvapyeṣu guṇeṣu ca | aprakhyātaṃ dhvastarūpamidaṃ tīrthaṃ bhaviṣyati
Потому из-за этого самого эго — пусть даже добродетели и есть — эта тиртха станет безвестной, а прежний её облик и слава будут разрушены.
Dharma (Dharma-deva)
Tirtha: Stambhatīrtha (contextual)
Type: tirtha
Listener: Audience within the episode; overarching listener: Pāṇḍava
Scene: Prophetic moment: Dharma-deva indicating a tīrtha whose radiance fades; the waters and shrine appear dimmer, pilgrims fewer, a sense of loss despite latent sanctity.
FAQs
Ego can destroy reputation and spiritual potency; humility safeguards both personal and sacred prestige.
This verse foretells the decline of the tīrtha that will be named Stambhatīrtha in the next verse.
None; it presents a karmic consequence (phala) tied to arrogance.