Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46
पिप्पलाद उवाच । नाहं जानामि पितरं मातरं न च बांधवम् । नापि त्वां कोऽत्र चा यातो मम पार्श्वे तु सांप्रतम्
pippalāda uvāca | nāhaṃ jānāmi pitaraṃ mātaraṃ na ca bāṃdhavam | nāpi tvāṃ ko'tra cā yāto mama pārśve tu sāṃpratam
پِپّلاَد نے کہا: میں نہ اپنے باپ کو جانتا ہوں، نہ ماں کو، نہ کسی رشتہ دار کو۔ اور نہ ہی میں تمہیں جانتا ہوں—تم کون ہو جو ابھی اس گھڑی میرے پہلو میں آ پہنچے ہو؟
Pippalāda
Listener: Unnamed arriving sage (revealed as Nārada in subsequent verses)
Scene: A young ascetic (Pippalāda) in a forest-hermitage setting questions an arriving sage about identity; the moment is tense yet contemplative, with sparse surroundings and a sense of abandonment.
FAQs
Identity in Purāṇic dharma is not only by birth; even one without known lineage can become spiritually significant through destiny, tapas, and divine protection.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter’s narrative development.
None; it is a personal statement establishing the boy’s unknown origins.