Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 25
कथमेतानि कर्माणि करिष्येऽज्ञोऽसहायवान् । अंगीकृतानि तद्भीत्या नमस्ते भवितव्यते
kathametāni karmāṇi kariṣye'jño'sahāyavān | aṃgīkṛtāni tadbhītyā namaste bhavitavyate
میں نادان اور بےسہارا ہو کر یہ اعمال کیسے انجام دوں؟ چونکہ میں نے انہیں فرض کے خوف سے قبول کر لیا ہے، اس لیے مجھے سرِتسلیم خم کرنا ہوگا—یہی ہونا مقدر ہے۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa typically Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Implicitly the guru/divine order; also the narrative audience
Scene: The disciple bows low (daṇḍavat/añjali), fear visible yet transformed into resolve; the forest around him appears calmer, suggesting inner surrender bringing clarity.
FAQs
Humility and accountability sustain dharma: even when unskilled, one must not abandon accepted responsibility.
The setting is within Kāśī’s Kāśīkhaṇḍa, but this verse centers on personal resolve rather than a named tīrtha.
None explicitly; it conveys an attitude of submission and determination in carrying out duty.