Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 93
स्नानसंध्यादिहीनश्च मायावी याचते जनम् । भक्तिं करोमि परमां स च क्रुध्यति मां प्रति
snānasaṃdhyādihīnaśca māyāvī yācate janam | bhaktiṃ karomi paramāṃ sa ca krudhyati māṃ prati
غسل، سندھیا وغیرہ کے اعمال سے خالی اور فریب کار ہو کر وہ لوگوں سے بھیک مانگتا تھا۔ میں نے اس کے حضور اعلیٰ ترین بھکتی پیش کی، پھر بھی وہ مجھ پر غضبناک ہوا۔
Unspecified female speaker (first-person ‘I’) within the narrative
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A deceitful mendicant-brāhmaṇa begs at doorways, unbathed and unkempt; a devotee approaches with folded hands, offering reverence, but the brāhmaṇa turns with a scowl.
FAQs
Outer religious identity without nitya-karma and inner integrity is condemned; true devotion is met with hostility by the unrighteous.
The verse belongs to the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra Māhātmya narrative cycle in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.
Snāna (bathing) and sandhyā observance are referenced as essential daily disciplines.