Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35
अहं हि ब्राह्मणो नाम्ना वत्सः ख्यातो महीतले । नानाशास्त्रकृताभ्यासः पुराऽसं वेदपारगः
ahaṃ hi brāhmaṇo nāmnā vatsaḥ khyāto mahītale | nānāśāstrakṛtābhyāsaḥ purā'saṃ vedapāragaḥ
J’étais en vérité un brāhmaṇa, nommé Vatsa, renommé sur la terre. Jadis, je m’étais exercé à maints śāstras et j’étais passé maître dans les Veda.
Narrator (Brāhmaṇa Vatsa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Unnamed interlocutor
Scene: A dignified brāhmaṇa named Vatsa, with sacred thread and manuscripts, depicted as a renowned Veda-knower before the turning point of the story.
FAQs
Learning and scriptural mastery are acknowledged, setting the stage for showing that higher transformation still depends on purity, tapas, and divine grace.
This verse is biographical setup within the tīrtha narrative; the tīrtha focus is developed in the subsequent account.
Implicitly highlights svādhyāya (Vedic study), but no direct ritual instruction is stated here.