Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
मुनीनां यः स्वभावो हि त्वयि लेशो न नारद । विद्यते ब्रह्मणः पुत्र उच्यते किमतः परम्
munīnāṃ yaḥ svabhāvo hi tvayi leśo na nārada | vidyate brahmaṇaḥ putra ucyate kimataḥ param
โอ้ นารท! ในตัวท่านหาได้มีแม้เศษเสี้ยวแห่งสภาวะของมุนีไม่ ท่านถูกขานว่าเป็นบุตรแห่งพรหมา—จะกล่าวสิ่งใดไปยิ่งกว่านี้เล่า
Unspecified (contextual: a ṛṣi/elder addressing Nārada within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame)
Scene: Sāmba taunts Nārada: despite being Brahmā’s son, he lacks the expected muni-disposition; the exchange is tense, public, and morally charged.
FAQs
Even a spiritually exalted identity must be matched by disciplined conduct; lineage or status cannot replace muni-like self-restraint.
The broader context is Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), whose māhātmya frames the narrative and later leads into worship practices there.
No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it functions as ethical admonition preparing the ground for later acts of worship.