Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 35
पिंगानाम च सा भार्या तस्याः पुत्राश्च जज्ञिरे । चत्वारः कर्मकुशला वेदवेदांगवादिनः
piṃgānāma ca sā bhāryā tasyāḥ putrāśca jajñire | catvāraḥ karmakuśalā vedavedāṃgavādinaḥ
ആ ഭാര്യയുടെ പേര് പിംഗാ; അവളിൽ നിന്ന് നാല് പുത്രന്മാർ ജനിച്ചു—കർമ്മകാണ്ഡത്തിൽ നിപുണരും, വേദവും വേദാംഗങ്ങളും പ്രാവീണ്യത്തോടെ വ്യാഖ്യാനിക്കുന്നവരും।
Unnamed narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Listener: Śaunaka and sages
Scene: Piṅgā, dignified, with four sons depicted as young scholars/ritualists—holding palm-leaf texts, ladles, and sacred threads—suggesting mastery of rites and Vedāṅgas.
FAQs
Merit (puṇya) and right conduct are portrayed as bearing fruit in the form of virtuous, learned offspring devoted to Vedic dharma.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
The verse references competence in karma (Vedic rites) but gives no specific injunction.