Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 26
पूर्णे चैव ततः काल इह मानुष्यतां गतः । चतुर्वेदो द्विजो राजञ्जायते विमले कुले
pūrṇe caiva tataḥ kāla iha mānuṣyatāṃ gataḥ | caturvedo dvijo rājañjāyate vimale kule
Wenn jene (himmlische) Frist vollendet ist und er hier zur menschlichen Existenz zurückkehrt, o König, wird er als Dvija geboren, kundig der vier Veden, in einer reinen und untadeligen Familie.
Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from immediate section flow; explicit speaker appears in next adhyāya)
Tirtha: Sāvitrī-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Nṛpa (King)
Scene: A two-part vision: first, a luminous Brahmaloka sojourn; then a descent into a noble household where a child is born with Vedic symbols (four Vedas as four scrolls) hovering—signifying caturveda-jñāna and purity of lineage.
FAQs
Merit gained through tīrtha-related dharma ripens into exalted rebirth—learning, purity of lineage, and strong Vedic orientation.
The verse continues the fruit described for Sāvitrī Tīrtha in the preceding verse, within the Revā Khaṇḍa itinerary.
No new rite is prescribed here; it states the karmic outcome after the completion of the prior heavenly stay.