Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25
यः स्वाध्यायं चतुर्वेदैर्विष्णोरायतने चरेत् । चतुरो वार्षिकान्मासान्स विद्वान्सर्वदा भवेत्
yaḥ svādhyāyaṃ caturvedairviṣṇorāyatane caret | caturo vārṣikānmāsānsa vidvānsarvadā bhavet
ഓരോ വർഷവും നാലു മാസം ശ്രീവിഷ്ണുവിന്റെ ആലയത്തിൽ നാലു വേദങ്ങളുടെ സ്വാധ്യായം ചെയ്യുന്നവൻ എല്ലായ്പ്പോഴും പണ്ഡിതനാകും।
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya didactic narration)
Tirtha: Viṣṇor-āyatana svādhyāya (cāturmāsya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A learned devotee sits in a Viṣṇu temple corridor during monsoon months, palm-leaf manuscripts beside him, reciting Vedic passages; rain outside, lamps inside, calm concentration.
FAQs
Learning becomes spiritually fruitful and steady when pursued as disciplined svādhyāya in a sacred space dedicated to Viṣṇu.
The verse highlights Viṣṇu’s āyatana (temple) as the sacred setting, without naming a particular pilgrimage location.
Undertake svādhyāya/recitation-study of the four Vedas in Viṣṇu’s temple for four months annually (Cāturmāsya).