Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 87
एतद्गोप्यं वरारोहे न देयं यस्य कस्यचित् । गोपनीयमिदं शास्त्रं यथा प्राणाः स्वकाः प्रिये
etadgopyaṃ varārohe na deyaṃ yasya kasyacit | gopanīyamidaṃ śāstraṃ yathā prāṇāḥ svakāḥ priye
هذا سرٌّ، يا ذاتَ الخصرِ الحسن؛ لا ينبغي أن يُعطى لأيّ أحد. يا حبيبة، يجب أن تُصان هذه التعاليم كما تُصان أنفاسُ الحياة نفسها.
Śiva (addressing Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsa-kṣetra-dīpaka teaching)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: Śiva speaks privately to Pārvatī in an intimate teaching setting; the ‘secret lamp’ of doctrine is symbolized by a covered flame, suggesting guarded transmission.
FAQs
Sacred knowledge is to be transmitted with discernment, not indiscriminately.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as the confidential subject of the discourse.
No ritual; it prescribes secrecy and careful transmission of the śāstra.