Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17
राजोवाच । संन्यस्तोऽहं द्विजश्रेष्ठा न राज्यं कर्तुमुत्सहे । न सुतानां न दाराणां संग्रहं च कथंचन
rājovāca | saṃnyasto'haṃ dvijaśreṣṭhā na rājyaṃ kartumutsahe | na sutānāṃ na dārāṇāṃ saṃgrahaṃ ca kathaṃcana
அரசன் கூறினான்—ஓ த்விஜசிரேஷ்டரே! நான் சன்னியாசம் கொண்டேன்; அரசை ஆளும் விருப்பம் இல்லை. மகன்களோ மனைவியோ பற்றிய பொறுப்பை எவ்விதத்திலும் ஏற்க விரும்பவில்லை.
King (Rājā)
Scene: A weary king, ornaments set aside, speaks to an assembled circle of venerable brāhmaṇas; the court atmosphere is subdued, signaling renunciation and moral conflict.
FAQs
Dharma can appear as competing obligations; the verse voices the renunciant ideal even within a political crisis.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of the narrative context that frames the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya.
None; the verse asserts a saṃnyāsa stance—refusal of kingship and household responsibilities.
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