Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 177
जन्मान्तरशतैर्विप्र योगोऽयं यदि लभ्यते । मुक्तिर्भवति तत्त्वेकजन्मना लभ्यते न वा
janmāntaraśatairvipra yogo'yaṃ yadi labhyate | muktirbhavati tattvekajanmanā labhyate na vā
おお婆羅門よ、このヨーガの成就が幾百の生を経てようやく得られるのなら、解脱は確かに訪れよう。だが、唯一の真実の境地は一生のうちに得られるのか、否か。
Brahmā (deduced, Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa narrative attribution)
Tirtha: Gopratāra (contextual)
Type: ghat
Listener: vipra (brāhmaṇa)
Scene: A learned brāhmaṇa is addressed in a reflective exchange; the setting suggests a riverside or assembly in Ayodhyā where the speaker raises a pointed question about liberation across births versus one-birth attainment.
FAQs
It raises the soteriological question of whether liberation can be won swiftly (even in one life), preparing the claim of Gopratāra’s extraordinary efficacy.
The discussion is in the immediate context of Gopratāra Tīrtha on the Sarayū at Ayodhyā.
None directly; the verse is doctrinal, contrasting long spiritual effort with the possibility of rapid liberation.