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
হে সুন্দরী! এ গোপন কথা; যাকে-তাকে দেওয়া উচিত নয়। হে প্রিয়ে! এই শাস্ত্রকে নিজের প্রাণের মতোই গোপন করে রক্ষা করতে হবে।
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.