Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15
श्मश्रुमूर्धजहीनस्तु यदा मित्रैर्विलोकितः । तदा हास्याद्धतो मूर्ध्नि हस्ताग्रैश्च मुहुर्मुहुः
śmaśrumūrdhajahīnastu yadā mitrairvilokitaḥ | tadā hāsyāddhato mūrdhni hastāgraiśca muhurmuhuḥ
మిత్రులు అతనిని గడ్డం, తలజుట్టు లేనివాడిగా చూచి నవ్విరి; పరిహాసంగా మళ్లీ మళ్లీ వేళ్ల కొనలతో అతని శిరోమధ్యాన్ని తట్టిరి.
Narrator (contextual third-person narration within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)
Tirtha: Brahmasthāna (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Friends laugh at a youth with shaved head and no beard; they tap the crown of his head repeatedly in derision; the youth stands or sits in silent shame.
FAQs
Worldly ridicule often follows a fall from dharma; the episode sets up repentance and the search for proper purification.
This verse is narrative setup within the Tīrthamāhātmya; the specific tīrtha is not named in this single shloka.
None here; the verse depicts mockery, leading into later discussion of prāyaścitta.
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