Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 103
विदुरेष्यद्धियाऽपायं परतोऽन्ये विवेकिनः । नैवोभयं विदुर्नीचा विनाऽनुभवमात्मनः
vidureṣyaddhiyā'pāyaṃ parato'nye vivekinaḥ | naivobhayaṃ vidurnīcā vinā'nubhavamātmanaḥ
Les clairvoyants reconnaissent le danger alors même qu’il s’approche, et d’autres le comprennent après qu’il s’est produit. Mais les esprits bas ne savent ni l’un ni l’autre, à moins d’en faire eux-mêmes l’expérience.
Unspecified (didactic reflection within Kaumārikā-khaṇḍa)
Scene: Three figures illustrate stages of understanding: a sage noticing distant storm-clouds (approaching danger), a householder reacting after damage, and a stubborn person only awakening amid suffering.
FAQs
Cultivate discernment: the wise learn through insight, while ignorance forces learning only through painful experience.
No holy site is referenced; it is a general dharma-śikṣā (moral instruction) verse.
None; the emphasis is on developing viveka (discriminative wisdom).