Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 58
इत्युक्तवंतं नृपतिर्महामुनिं तमेव वव्रे प्रथमं क्रियागुरुम् । अथापरांस्त्यक्तधनाशयान्मुनीनावाहयामास सहस्रशः क्षणात्
ityuktavaṃtaṃ nṛpatirmahāmuniṃ tameva vavre prathamaṃ kriyāgurum | athāparāṃstyaktadhanāśayānmunīnāvāhayāmāsa sahasraśaḥ kṣaṇāt
এইদৰে সম্বোধিত হৈ নৃপতিয়ে সেই মহামুনিকেই ক্ৰিয়া-গুৰুৰূপে প্ৰথমে বাছি ল’লে; তাৰপিছত ধনৰ আকাঙ্ক্ষা ত্যাগ কৰা আন আন মুনিসকলক ক্ষণমাত্ৰতে সহস্ৰে সহস্ৰে আহ্বান কৰিলে।
Narrator (contextual attribution within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa narration)
Scene: A king, hands folded, formally appoints a venerable mahāmuni as chief ritual preceptor; behind, many ascetics arrive—simple garments, matted hair—signifying detachment from wealth; attendants stand respectfully aside.
FAQs
Dharma is strengthened when rulers honor qualified spiritual teachers and rely on renunciate integrity rather than transactional religiosity.
No tīrtha is specified in this verse; it advances the story setting for a major Rudra-oriented rite.
Selecting a competent kriyā-guru and assembling qualified munis as officiants for the forthcoming ritual.