Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 40
स्थानकं तत्समासाद्य प्रविष्टोऽहं द्विजाश्रमान् । तत्र ते विविधान्वादान्विवदंते द्विजोत्तमाः
sthānakaṃ tatsamāsādya praviṣṭo'haṃ dvijāśramān | tatra te vividhānvādānvivadaṃte dvijottamāḥ
Als ich jenen heiligen Ort erreicht hatte, trat ich in die Āśramas der Zweimalgeborenen ein. Dort führten die erlesensten Brahmanen Streitgespräche über vielerlei Lehren.
Narrator (unnamed first-person; within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa frame, likely Sūta’s narration)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A traveler-narrator arriving at a sanctified grove; multiple hermitages with smoke from small fires; brāhmaṇas seated in circles debating; palm-leaf manuscripts, waterpots, deer-skins; the narrator stepping in with reverence.
FAQs
A holy kṣetra is also a seat of learning—where dharma is protected through disciplined inquiry and śāstric debate.
The verse refers to ‘that place’ already being described; the snippet does not provide a specific tīrtha name.
None; the focus is on āśrama culture and śāstric discourse.