Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20
अब्रह्मण्योऽव्रती भिक्षुर्दुष्टात्मा कपटी सदा । नार्हसि त्वं मम पुरः संभाषयितुमीश्वर
abrahmaṇyo'vratī bhikṣurduṣṭātmā kapaṭī sadā | nārhasi tvaṃ mama puraḥ saṃbhāṣayitumīśvara
เจ้ามิใช่ผู้เกื้อกูลพราหมณ์ มิได้รักษาพรตวัตร เป็นเพียงภิกษุแต่ชื่อ ใจชั่วและคดโกงเสมอ โอ้พระอีศวร เจ้าไม่สมควรกล่าวถ้อยคำต่อหน้าข้า
Devī (Pārvatī/Umā)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The goddess, stern and wounded, denounces the supposed mendicant as vowless and deceitful, refusing him the right to speak in her presence; the ascetic stands composed, hinting at concealed divinity.
FAQs
Hypocrisy and vowlessness negate spiritual authority; dharma demands integrity, restraint, and respect for sacred order.
This verse is part of a Tīrthamāhātmya narrative frame in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, but the specific tīrtha is not named within this single shloka.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the emphasis is ethical—observance of vrata (vows) and truthful conduct.