Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
आसीत्पूर्वं द्विजो नाम गालवः स महामुनिः । स्वाध्यायनिरतो नित्यं वेदवेदांगपारगः
āsītpūrvaṃ dvijo nāma gālavaḥ sa mahāmuniḥ | svādhyāyanirato nityaṃ vedavedāṃgapāragaḥ
Einst lebte ein Zweimalgeborener namens Gālava, ein großer Muni. Stets dem heiligen Selbststudium (svādhyāya) hingegeben, war er in den Veden und ihren Hilfslehren (vedāṅga) vollkommen bewandert.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in Tīrthamāhātmya context; specific speaker not stated in the snippet)
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (implied)
Scene: A serene hermitage scene: sage Gālava seated on kuśa grass, reciting Veda with palm-leaf texts nearby; students listen, sacrificial implements rest in the background.
FAQs
Purāṇic holiness is grounded in disciplined learning: constant svādhyāya and mastery of śāstra are presented as marks of an exemplary sage.
This verse introduces the protagonist (Gālava); the particular tīrtha/kṣetra is not specified in the verse itself.
No external ritual is prescribed here; the practice emphasized is svādhyāya—regular recitation and study of the Vedas and Vedāṅgas.