Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 69
समीपस्थोऽपि रुद्र त्वं कर्मैतद्यदुपेक्षसे । निषेधयसि नो मूढ तस्माच्शृणु वचो मम
samīpastho'pi rudra tvaṃ karmaitadyadupekṣase | niṣedhayasi no mūḍha tasmācśṛṇu vaco mama
اے رودر! قریب موجود ہو کر بھی تو اس فعل کو نظرانداز کرتا ہے؛ اے نادان! تو روک ٹوک نہیں کرتا۔ اس لیے میری بات سن۔
Unspecified (a reproaching speaker addressing Rudra)
Type: temple
Listener: Rudra
Scene: A speaker rebukes Rudra who stands nearby (as liṅga or anthropomorphic form), while an improper act occurs in the background; the rebuke is a call to moral intervention.
FAQs
Proximity to wrongdoing without correction is treated as culpable; dharma requires active restraint of adharma.
The verse does not name a particular tīrtha; it is embedded in a broader tīrtha-māhātmya discourse.
No explicit ritual is prescribed; the verse critiques failure to uphold proper conduct.