Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 131
येन निष्पाद्यते चार्थः स्वयं स्याद्योगसिद्धये । तथा ज्ञानमुपासीत योगी यत्कार्यसाधकम्
yena niṣpādyate cārthaḥ svayaṃ syādyogasiddhaye | tathā jñānamupāsīta yogī yatkāryasādhakam
That by which one’s purpose is truly accomplished and yoga-siddhi arises of itself—such knowledge the yogin should cultivate, the knowledge that genuinely brings the work to fulfillment.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Scene: A teacher-yogin points to a single luminous scripture/inner light while many scattered scrolls lie aside; the disciple focuses on the one that ‘accomplishes the work’.
FAQs
Seek and cultivate only that knowledge which directly supports realization and effective spiritual progress, not mere accumulation.
No holy site is named in this verse.
A discipline is prescribed: upāsanā (steady cultivation) of knowledge that leads to yoga-siddhi.