Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 73
अपि स्वल्पं न सौभ्रात्रं तेषां संजायते क्वचित्
api svalpaṃ na saubhrātraṃ teṣāṃ saṃjāyate kvacit
สำหรับคนเหล่านั้น แม้เพียงน้อยนิด ความรู้สึกฉันพี่น้องก็ไม่เกิดขึ้นเลยในกาลใดๆ
Unspecified (continuation of the same narration to Lakṣmaṇa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Lakṣmaṇa
Scene: Pilgrims within the precinct appear emotionally distant despite kinship; two brothers walk side-by-side but with a visible gap; the teacher narrates the kṣetra’s strange rule.
FAQs
The text frames disharmony as an effect of place (kṣetra), urging discernment and remedial rites rather than mere blame.
The wider passage concerns a particular tīrtha within a pañcakrośa-kṣetra in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Adhyāya 20.
None in this verse; it sets up the rationale for purification through tīrtha-snāna later.