Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 21
विधवानां व्रतस्थानां सर्वेषां लिंगिनां तथा । हृदि स्थितो महान्कामो व्रतचर्याबहिःस्थिताः
vidhavānāṃ vratasthānāṃ sarveṣāṃ liṃgināṃ tathā | hṛdi sthito mahānkāmo vratacaryābahiḥsthitāḥ
వ్రతనిష్ఠతో ఉన్న విధవలలోనూ, అన్ని లింగధారులలోనూ హృదయంలో మహా కోరిక కూర్చుంటుంది; వారి వ్రతాచరణ అంతరంగంలో కాదు, బయట మాత్రమే ఉంటుంది।
Nārada
Type: kshetra
Scene: A group of vow-observers with external religious marks stand at a tīrtha; their faces show restlessness while a subtle inner flame of desire is depicted in the heart; a sage-like figure points inward, indicating inner purification over outward display.
FAQs
True vrata is inward transformation; outward marks and practices without inner restraint are incomplete.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
Vrata-caryā (discipline of vows) is referenced, emphasizing that it must be internal, not merely external.
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