Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12
श्रूयते स महीपालो ब्राह्मणानां हिते रतः । कर्मणा मनसा वाचा ब्रह्मघ्नः सोऽभवत्कथम्
śrūyate sa mahīpālo brāhmaṇānāṃ hite rataḥ | karmaṇā manasā vācā brahmaghnaḥ so'bhavatkatham
ہم نے سنا ہے کہ وہ بادشاہ برہمنوں کی بھلائی میں لگا رہتا تھا۔ پھر وہ عمل سے، دل سے یا زبان سے، برہمن کا قاتل کیسے بن گیا؟
Ṛṣis (Sages)
Tirtha: Bhrūṇa-gartā
Type: kund
Listener: Sūta
Scene: Sages emphasize ‘deed, mind, speech’ with counting gestures, pressing Sūta to clarify the precise mode of the king’s transgression.
FAQs
Purity is threefold—action, intention, and speech; dharma requires integrity across all three.
Indirectly, the tīrtha to be described is the remedy for the grave fault under discussion.
No ritual is prescribed; the verse frames an ethical inquiry into the roots of wrongdoing.