Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 28
वेदवेदार्थतत्त्वज्ञः कलासु कुशलोऽमलः । पारदृश्वा तु सर्वेषां शास्त्राणां नीतिवित्तमः
vedavedārthatattvajñaḥ kalāsu kuśalo'malaḥ | pāradṛśvā tu sarveṣāṃ śāstrāṇāṃ nītivittamaḥ
كان عارفًا بجوهر الفيدا وحقيقة معانيها، طاهرًا لا دنس فيه، ماهرًا في الفنون. وقد أحاط بجميع الشاسترا نظرًا وفهمًا، وكان الأسبق في إدراك الدharma وسياسة الرشاد.
Śiva’s Gaṇas
Tirtha: Kāśī (learning and dharma nexus)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Āṅgirasa depicted as a learned sage: manuscripts, vīṇā or art-tools symbolizing kalā, and a composed expression indicating śāstra-viveka; background hints of Kāśī’s scholastic-ritual milieu.
FAQs
Purity and mastery of scripture culminate in lived ethics (nīti), not mere learning.
None in this verse; it continues the saintly profile within the Kāśī narrative frame.
None.