Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 7
चतुर्णामपि भूतानां प्राणिनोतीव चोत्तमाः । प्राणिकेभ्योपि मुनिश्रेष्ठाः सर्वे बुद्ध्युपजीविनः
caturṇāmapi bhūtānāṃ prāṇinotīva cottamāḥ | prāṇikebhyopi muniśreṣṭhāḥ sarve buddhyupajīvinaḥ
നാലു തരത്തിലുള്ള ഭൂതങ്ങളിൽ പ്രാണികൾ അത്യുത്തമർ; പ്രാണികളിലും മുനിശ്രേഷ്ഠർ—കാരണം അവർ എല്ലാവരും ജാഗ്രതബുദ്ധിയാൽ ജീവിക്കുന്നു.
Vyāsa (contextual continuation)
Listener: Bhārata (Janamejaya)
Scene: A line of sages with matted hair and staffs, luminous foreheads, seated in meditation; below them ordinary beings; above them a subtle radiance signifying buddhi/awakening.
FAQs
Discernment (buddhi) elevates life; sages exemplify the highest use of intelligence in service of dharma and liberation.
Not a specific tirtha; the verse praises the sage-ideal that typically flourishes in sacred forests like Dharmāraṇya.
None; it is a value-teaching exalting the muni life grounded in buddhi and dharma.