Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49
एवं मे मधुपो जातो गुरुत्वे च द्विजोत्तमाः । तेनाहं तेजसा युक्तो नान्यदस्तीह कारणम्
evaṃ me madhupo jāto gurutve ca dvijottamāḥ | tenāhaṃ tejasā yukto nānyadastīha kāraṇam
এইদৰে, হে দ্বিজোত্তমসকল, গুৰুত্বৰ বিষয়ে মই ‘মধুপ’ (ভ্ৰমৰ) হৈ উঠিলোঁ। তাৰ ফলত মই তেজেৰে যুক্ত; ইয়াত আন কোনো কাৰণ নাই।
Unspecified first-person narrator addressing dvijottamas
Listener: dvijoत्तamāḥ (best of twice-born)
Scene: A speaker (learned ascetic/teacher) addresses ‘best of dvijas’; a symbolic bee hovers near a manuscript-lotus, and a subtle aura (tejas) surrounds the teacher, indicating authority born of assimilated wisdom.
FAQs
Spiritual authority and inner radiance arise from discernment and essence-taking (sāra) rather than from mere accumulation of words.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.
None; the emphasis is on the cause of tejas—discernment, study, and realization.
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