Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
तस्यान्योऽपि च यः शिष्यो गुरुभक्तिपरायणः । उत्तंको नाम मेधावी न्यवसत्तस्य मन्दिरे
tasyānyo'pi ca yaḥ śiṣyo gurubhaktiparāyaṇaḥ | uttaṃko nāma medhāvī nyavasattasya mandire
Il avait aussi un autre disciple, tout entier voué à la bhakti envers son guru : un jeune homme intelligent nommé Uttaṅka, qui demeurait encore dans la demeure de son maître.
Vasiṣṭha
Tirtha: Arbuda (contextual frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Himavān
Scene: Uttaṅka, youthful and bright, remains in the guru’s home while others depart—shown sweeping the āśrama, tending the fire, serving water, and listening attentively to Gautama.
FAQs
Steadfast guru-bhakti and continued service are portrayed as marks of a superior disciple.
Not named in this verse; the āśrama setting supports the section’s sacred-history framework.
None; it highlights the vow-like discipline of residing with and serving the guru.