Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
वेदाः सांगाः समाधीता गर्भवासेऽपि तेन च । स्मृतयश्च पुराणानि मोक्षशास्त्राणि कृत्स्नशः
vedāḥ sāṃgāḥ samādhītā garbhavāse'pi tena ca | smṛtayaśca purāṇāni mokṣaśāstrāṇi kṛtsnaśaḥ
Même en demeurant dans le sein, il avait pleinement maîtrisé les Veda avec leurs disciplines auxiliaires, ainsi que les Smṛti, les Purāṇa et les traités enseignant la délivrance, dans leur entier.
Narrator (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A visionary scene: within the womb, a radiant sage surrounded by hovering palm-leaf manuscripts labeled Veda, Vedāṅga, Smṛti, Purāṇa, Mokṣa-śāstra; a subtle light beam connecting to a cosmic source of knowledge.
FAQs
It celebrates the supremacy of śāstra and mokṣa-knowledge, portraying wisdom as the highest wealth that guides one beyond saṃsāra.
No site is directly mentioned in this shloka; it reinforces the spiritual authority typical of tīrtha-māhātmya narration.
No explicit rite is prescribed; the implied discipline is svādhyāya (scriptural study).