Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10
विशुद्धिं याचमानस्य यदि यच्छंति नो द्विजाः । कामाद्वा यदि वा क्रोधात्प्रद्वेषाद्वा च्युतेर्भयात्
viśuddhiṃ yācamānasya yadi yacchaṃti no dvijāḥ | kāmādvā yadi vā krodhātpradveṣādvā cyuterbhayāt
หากผู้ใดวอนขอความบริสุทธิ์ แต่พราหมณ์ผู้เป็นทวิชะมิได้ประทานให้—ด้วยแรงใคร่ปรารถนา หรือด้วยโทสะ หรือด้วยความชิงชัง หรือด้วยความหวั่นเกรงต่อการเสื่อมจากฐานะ—
Bhartṛyajña
Listener: Pilgrimage inquirer/ṛṣi audience (contextual)
Scene: A weary supplicant approaches a seated council of brāhmaṇas at a tīrtha pavilion; some avert their gaze in anger or pride while the seeker pleads for śuddhi; the atmosphere is tense, moral stakes emphasized.
FAQs
Religious authority must not be exercised through personal passions; dharmic decisions must be impartial and compassionate.
No single site is praised in this verse; it continues the tīrtha-linked discussion of śuddhi and its proper administration.
A negative injunction: brāhmaṇas must not refuse a rightful request for purification due to personal motives.