Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
तस्यामासीद्द्विजश्रेष्ठो गोकर्ण इति विश्रुतः । वेदाध्ययनसंपन्नः सर्वशास्त्रविचक्षणः
tasyāmāsīddvijaśreṣṭho gokarṇa iti viśrutaḥ | vedādhyayanasaṃpannaḥ sarvaśāstravicakṣaṇaḥ
ആ നഗരത്തിൽ ‘ഗോകർണൻ’ എന്നു പ്രസിദ്ധനായ ഒരു ദ്വിജശ്രേഷ്ഠൻ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു; അദ്ദേഹം വേദാധ്യയനത്തിൽ സമ്പന്നനും സർവശാസ്ത്രങ്ങളിലും വിവേകശാലിയും ആയിരുന്നു.
Sūta (deduced from narrative context; explicit speaker appears at 8 as “Sūta uvāca”)
Tirtha: Madhurā (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: Portrait-like introduction of Gokarṇa: a serene Brahmin scholar with śikhā and yajñopavīta, holding palm-leaf texts, seated near the Yamunā or in a study hall, surrounded by students.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma honors learning and discernment: Vedic study joined with śāstra-knowledge is praised as an ideal Brahminical virtue.
Madhurā is the sacred setting where the exemplary Brahmin Gokarṇa resides.
No direct ritual instruction; the verse characterizes Gokarṇa’s qualifications as rooted in Vedic recitation and śāstric mastery.