Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 55
स्वसंवेद्यं हि तद्ब्रह्म कुमारी स्त्री सुखं यथा । अयोगी नैव तद्वेत्ति जात्यंध इव वर्तिकाम्
svasaṃvedyaṃ hi tadbrahma kumārī strī sukhaṃ yathā | ayogī naiva tadvetti jātyaṃdha iva vartikām
ذلك البراهمن يُدرَك إدراكًا ذاتيًّا مباشرًا—كما تعرف العذراء في داخلها لذّة الأنوثة. أمّا غير اليوغي فلا يعرفه أبدًا، كالأعمى منذ الولادة لا يمكنه معرفة المصباح.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis/pilgrims seeking mokṣa
Scene: A luminous lamp in a dark room: the yogin ‘sees’ it as inner light, while a blindfolded figure cannot; the metaphor shifts to a heart-lotus where Brahman shines self-revealed.
FAQs
Brahman is known only through direct inner realization; without yogic discipline, it remains inaccessible.
The verse sits in Kāśīkhaṇḍa, supporting Kāśī’s fame as a place where direct realization (not mere theory) is emphasized.
No external ritual is prescribed; the implied requirement is yoga-practice leading to svasaṃvedana (direct experience).