Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 18
तच्चेन्मम मनस्तात नानादोषैर्न मोह्यते । ततोऽहं दुर्लभं जन्म मानुष्यं शीघ्रमाप्नुयाम्
taccenmama manastāta nānādoṣairna mohyate | tato'haṃ durlabhaṃ janma mānuṣyaṃ śīghramāpnuyām
اے پدر! اگر میرا دل طرح طرح کے عیوب سے فریب خوردہ نہ ہو، تو میں جلد ہی نایاب انسانی جنم حاصل کر لوں۔
Garbha
Listener: Addressed to ‘tāta’ (father) within the story; outer frame to sages
Scene: A humble seeker speaks to his father/elder, hands folded, with symbolic ‘doṣas’ (smoke, dark birds, or shadow-figures) hovering near the mind, while a bright path toward a human form or temple doorway opens ahead.
FAQs
Purity of mind and freedom from दोष lead toward higher rebirth and the opportunity for liberation.
None; the verse concerns inner causes for attaining rare human birth.
No explicit ritual; the implied discipline is guarding the mind from दोष and delusion.