Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3
चातुर्विद्यस्य संस्थानं करोमि रमया सह । यदि त्वं मन्यसे देव तदादेशय मां विभो
cāturvidyasya saṃsthānaṃ karomi ramayā saha | yadi tvaṃ manyase deva tadādeśaya māṃ vibho
Together with Ramā, I wish to establish a seat for the fourfold learning. If you approve, O divine one, then command me, O Lord.
Bhṛgu
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (proposed vidyā-pīṭha site)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Audience within Revākhaṇḍa frame (unspecified)
Scene: Bhṛgu (or a leading sage/agent) with Śrī (Lakṣmī) respectfully petitions the presiding Lord to authorize the establishment of a grand seat of learning; the river-kṣetra forms the backdrop.
FAQs
Learning and sacred institutions should be founded with divine consent and aligned with the guardianship of the place.
The Kacchapa-supported locality in the Revā Khaṇḍa is presented as fit for a dharmic center of learning.
No detailed ritual; it requests authorization (ādeśa) to establish a saṃsthāna (institution/seat).
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