Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 34
नूनं त्वमल्पविज्ञानो वेदाधीतास्त्वया वृथा । मातरं सर्वभूतानामंबिकां यन्न मन्यसे
nūnaṃ tvamalpavijñāno vedādhītāstvayā vṛthā | mātaraṃ sarvabhūtānāmaṃbikāṃ yanna manyase
ನಿಶ್ಚಯವಾಗಿ ನಿನ್ನ ಜ್ಞಾನ ಅಲ್ಪ; ನಿನ್ನ ವೇದಾಧ್ಯಯನವೂ ವ್ಯರ್ಥ—ಏಕೆಂದರೆ ಸರ್ವಭೂತಗಳ ಜನನಿಯಾದ ಅಂಬಿಕೆಯನ್ನು ನೀನು ತಾಯಿಯಾಗಿ ಮನಸಲ್ಲಿಡುವುದಿಲ್ಲ।
Yudhiṣṭhira (addressing Bhīma, per immediate narrative flow)
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame)
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira rebukes Bhīma: ‘Your knowledge is small; Veda-study is vain if you do not honor Ambikā, Mother of all beings.’ The scene is intense, devotional, and corrective.
FAQs
Learning without reverence for the Divine Mother is deemed incomplete; true wisdom includes devotion and right recognition.
No specific site is named; the verse glorifies Devī (Ambikā) as universal Mother.
No explicit ritual; it implies upāsanā—acknowledging and venerating Ambikā.