Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 170
बुध्यमाना न सेविष्ये त्वामंत्यजसमुद्भवम् । पाप संदूषितं सर्वं त्वयैतत्स्थानमुत्तमम्
budhyamānā na seviṣye tvāmaṃtyajasamudbhavam | pāpa saṃdūṣitaṃ sarvaṃ tvayaitatsthānamuttamam
बुध्यमाना न सेविष्ये त्वाम् अन्त्यजसमुद्भवम्। त्वया पापेन संदूषितं सर्वम् एतत् स्थानमुत्तमम्॥
Wife
Type: kshetra
Scene: A tense confrontation in a sacred precinct: a high-born woman (or speaker) turns away, condemning a man as ‘antyaja-born,’ declaring the holy place defiled; the background suggests a tīrtha/temple courtyard with lamps and ritual vessels, while the rejected figure stands in shame.
FAQs
Sacred places are portrayed as spiritually potent and to be approached with inner purity; pāpa is depicted as a force that obscures a tīrtha’s sanctity.
The verse refers generally to an “excellent place (uttama-sthāna)” within a Tīrthamāhātmya episode; the name is not given in this snippet.
None directly; the emphasis is on moral purity and the notion of defilement.
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