Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 61
ब्राह्मणस्यास्य शुद्ध्यर्थमप्ययुपायः सुखावहः । विद्यमानोऽपि नास्त्येव मतिरेषा स्थिता मम
brāhmaṇasyāsya śuddhyarthamapyayupāyaḥ sukhāvahaḥ | vidyamāno'pi nāstyeva matireṣā sthitā mama
اس برہمن کی تطہیر کے لیے یقیناً ایک ایسا آسان وسیلہ موجود ہے؛ مگر موجود ہو کر بھی گویا موجود نہیں—یہی خیال میرے دل میں پختہ طور پر قائم ہے۔
Bhartṛyajña
Listener: Brāhmaṇas/assembly (dvijātayaḥ)
Scene: A thoughtful ritualist/sage pauses in a tīrtha-assembly, expressing that a known means of purification feels inaccessible; brāhmaṇas listen, sensing a dharma dilemma.
FAQs
Dharma can involve subtle conditions—remedies may exist in principle yet be constrained by circumstances, intent, or proper authority.
Not specified in this verse; the focus is on the logic of purification within a tīrtha-oriented narrative.
A ‘means of purification’ is acknowledged but not detailed here.