Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 22
यतश्च कर्ता त्वमसि महतो भारतस्य वै । धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाणां विनिश्चयकृतो ध्रुवम्
yataśca kartā tvamasi mahato bhāratasya vai | dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ viniścayakṛto dhruvam
And since you are indeed the author of the great Bhārata, you are surely the one who has decisively determined the true conclusions concerning dharma, artha, kāma, and mokṣa.
Ṛṣis of Naimiṣāraṇya
Tirtha: Kāśī (frame) / Naimiṣāraṇya (setting)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Vyāsa
Scene: Vyāsa depicted as the grand compiler: Veda bundles arranged in four, the Mahābhārata manuscript prominent; sages gesture toward the four puruṣārthas symbolized as four paths converging into a single luminous summit (mokṣa).
FAQs
It establishes Vyāsa’s credibility as a definitive guide to the four aims of life, grounding later teachings in recognized scriptural authority.
No site is directly praised in the verse; the continuing implied setting is Naimiṣāraṇya.
None; it is part of the sages’ formal justification for seeking instruction.