Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 2
अधीत्यवेदान्विधिवदर्थं विज्ञाय तत्त्वतः । पठित्वा धर्मशास्त्राणि पुराणान्यधिगम्य च
adhītyavedānvidhivadarthaṃ vijñāya tattvataḥ | paṭhitvā dharmaśāstrāṇi purāṇānyadhigamya ca
അവൻ വിധിപൂർവം വേദങ്ങൾ അധ്യയനം ചെയ്ത് അവയുടെ അർത്ഥം തത്ത്വമായി ഗ്രഹിച്ചു; ധർമ്മശാസ്ത്രങ്ങൾ പാരായണം ചെയ്തു, പുരാണങ്ങളും സമ്യകമായി അഭ്യസിച്ചു.
Agastya (continuing narration)
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Scene: Śivaśarmā depicted as a learned brāhmaṇa surrounded by manuscripts, reciting Veda, consulting Dharmaśāstra, and studying Purāṇas; a quiet scholastic interior or gurukula setting.
FAQs
Scriptural learning is honored, yet it also serves as groundwork for deeper realization and devotion that the narrative will unfold.
No site is praised in this line; it characterizes the protagonist’s scholarship within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa storyline.
None explicitly; it references disciplined, methodical study (vidhivat adhyayana).