Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 26
कोपमप्युररीकृत्य यदि यायां कथंचन । कथं तिष्ठे पुरस्तस्य तर्हि वै मूढभृत्यवत्
kopamapyurarīkṛtya yadi yāyāṃ kathaṃcana | kathaṃ tiṣṭhe purastasya tarhi vai mūḍhabhṛtyavat
اگر میں کسی طرح اس کے غضب کو قبول کر کے بھی چلا جاؤں، تو پھر میں اس کے سامنے کیسے کھڑا ہوں—ایک احمق خادم کی طرح؟
Mārtaṇḍa (continued from preceding verse context)
Tirtha: Mandara (Mandarācala)
Type: peak
Listener: null
Scene: A lone figure imagines himself before the towering presence of the Three-eyed Lord; his posture is bent, hands lowered, as if unable to meet the gaze—‘like a foolish servant’.
FAQs
True service requires integrity; when conscience knows a duty is incomplete, pride collapses into humility.
No single tīrtha is named; the ongoing Kāśī-kṣetra narrative provides the sacred setting.
None; the verse expresses moral hesitation and the psychology of repentance.