Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 55
येन विद्याः प्रपठिता वर्तंते भुवि या द्विज । एकत्रिंशत्सहस्राणि वर्षाणां स कृतादरः
yena vidyāḥ prapaṭhitā vartaṃte bhuvi yā dvija | ekatriṃśatsahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ sa kṛtādaraḥ
হে দ্বিজ ব্ৰাহ্মণ, পৃথিৱীত চলিত যিসকল বিদ্যা আছে, সেয়া সকলো তেওঁ গভীৰভাৱে অধ্যয়ন কৰিছিল। একত্ৰিশ হাজাৰ বছৰ ধৰি তেওঁ ভক্তিভাৱে আৰু যত্নসহ তাত নিমগ্ন আছিল।
Sutanū
Listener: dvija (brāhmaṇa interlocutor)
Scene: Kauthuma portrayed surrounded by stacks of palm-leaf manuscripts, students, and ritual implements; a visual motif of passing years—sun/moon cycles—suggesting the immense span of study.
FAQs
Dharma is supported by disciplined learning; long, devoted effort is praised as a sacred pursuit.
The setting remains Mithilā, but no particular tīrtha is highlighted in this verse.
None; it extols sustained study (svādhyāya/vidyā-abhyāsa) as a virtue.