Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
तस्यामासीद्द्विजश्रेष्ठो गोकर्ण इति विश्रुतः । वेदाध्ययनसंपन्नः सर्वशास्त्रविचक्षणः
tasyāmāsīddvijaśreṣṭho gokarṇa iti viśrutaḥ | vedādhyayanasaṃpannaḥ sarvaśāstravicakṣaṇaḥ
Dans cette cité vivait un brāhmaṇa d’excellence, connu sous le nom de Gokarṇa, accompli dans l’étude des Veda et pénétrant en tous les śāstras.
Sūta (deduced from narrative context; explicit speaker appears at 8 as “Sūta uvāca”)
Tirtha: Madhurā (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: Portrait-like introduction of Gokarṇa: a serene Brahmin scholar with śikhā and yajñopavīta, holding palm-leaf texts, seated near the Yamunā or in a study hall, surrounded by students.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma honors learning and discernment: Vedic study joined with śāstra-knowledge is praised as an ideal Brahminical virtue.
Madhurā is the sacred setting where the exemplary Brahmin Gokarṇa resides.
No direct ritual instruction; the verse characterizes Gokarṇa’s qualifications as rooted in Vedic recitation and śāstric mastery.