Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
आसीत्पूर्वं द्विजो नाम गालवः स महामुनिः । स्वाध्यायनिरतो नित्यं वेदवेदांगपारगः
āsītpūrvaṃ dvijo nāma gālavaḥ sa mahāmuniḥ | svādhyāyanirato nityaṃ vedavedāṃgapāragaḥ
Autrefois vivait un « deux-fois-né » nommé Gālava, grand muni. Toujours appliqué au svādhyāya, il avait pleinement traversé les Veda et leurs auxiliaires (vedāṅga).
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in Tīrthamāhātmya context; specific speaker not stated in the snippet)
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (implied)
Scene: A serene hermitage scene: sage Gālava seated on kuśa grass, reciting Veda with palm-leaf texts nearby; students listen, sacrificial implements rest in the background.
FAQs
Purāṇic holiness is grounded in disciplined learning: constant svādhyāya and mastery of śāstra are presented as marks of an exemplary sage.
This verse introduces the protagonist (Gālava); the particular tīrtha/kṣetra is not specified in the verse itself.
No external ritual is prescribed here; the practice emphasized is svādhyāya—regular recitation and study of the Vedas and Vedāṅgas.