Shloka 22
स्कन्दोपाख्यानम् — उत्पातशान्तिः, स्वाहारूपविचारः, कौमारमङ्गलक्रियाः
एतावेवाग्नयो महां यान् वदन्ति मनीषिण: । यज्ञा वेदाश्न॒ चत्वार: सर्वमेतो मम द्विज,विप्रवर! जिन्हें विद्वान लोग “अग्नि” कहते हैं, वे मेरे लिये ये ही हैं। चारों वेद और यज्ञ सब कुछ मेरे लिये ये माता-पिता ही हैं
etāvevāgnayo mahān yān vadanti manīṣiṇaḥ | yajñā vedāś ca catvāraḥ sarvam etan mama dvija vipravara ||
狩人は言った。「二度生まれの方、婆羅門の中の最上よ。賢者が語る『大いなる火』とは、私にとってはこの二人にほかならない。四つのヴェーダと祭祀のすべて——それらは私には、母と父に具現しているのだ。」
व्याध उवाच
Educational Q&A
True dharma is not limited to ritual performance; reverent service to one’s parents can itself be the highest ‘sacred fire’ and the living equivalent of Vedic study and sacrifice.
The hunter (vyādha), instructing a Brahmin seeker, redefines religious merit: instead of external ritual fires and formal sacrifices, he points to his mother and father as his primary objects of worship and duty.