Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30
लब्धं ज्ञानं कथमपि पंडितो नैव पातयेत् । नाहमस्मि न माता मे न पिता न च बांधवः
labdhaṃ jñānaṃ kathamapi paṃḍito naiva pātayet | nāhamasmi na mātā me na pitā na ca bāṃdhavaḥ
مهما كان سبيلُ تحصيلِ المعرفة، فلا ينبغي للحكيم أن يدعَ المعرفةَ المكتسَبة تسقط أو تَضمحلّ. «لستُ أنا (ذاتَ الجسد)؛ ولا “أمّي”، ولا “أبي”، ولا أيُّ “قريب” يحدّدني حقًّا».
A renunciant/teacher voice giving instruction on preserving realization (exact named speaker not explicit)
Scene: A contemplative scholar-sage holding a palm-leaf manuscript close to the heart, while ghostly silhouettes of ‘family identities’ fade behind him, indicating non-identification.
FAQs
Guard realization carefully and loosen egoic identification; liberation matures through steady knowledge and non-attachment.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it provides inner teaching within the broader tīrtha-māhātmya narrative.
No explicit ritual appears; the instruction is contemplative—steadfastness in jñāna and disidentification.