Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25
त्वं गुरुर्मां च रक्षस्व पुनर्नरकमज्जनात् । येन ज्ञातमिदं ज्ञानं त्वत्प्रसादादखंडितम्
tvaṃ gururmāṃ ca rakṣasva punarnarakamajjanāt | yena jñātamidaṃ jñānaṃ tvatprasādādakhaṃḍitam
നിങ്ങളാണ് എന്റെ ഗുരു; ഹേ ദേവേശ്വരാ, എന്നെ വീണ്ടും നരകത്തിൽ മുങ്ങുന്നതിൽ നിന്ന് രക്ഷിക്കണമേ. നിങ്ങളുടെ പ്രസാദത്താൽ ഈ അഖണ്ഡജ്ഞാനം അറിഞ്ഞു—അത് നഷ്ടപ്പെടാതിരിക്കട്ടെ.
A mumukṣu (seeker of liberation) addressing his guru/deity (contextual; exact named speaker not explicit in the verse snippet)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devādhideva (Śiva)
Scene: A supplicant devotee addresses Śiva as Guru, pleading for protection from falling into hell again, while acknowledging that integral knowledge arose by divine grace.
FAQs
Liberating knowledge is sustained by humility and reliance on the guru’s grace; one prays for protection from spiritual downfall.
The verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya frame; the immediate snippet praises jñāna and guru-grace more than naming a single tīrtha.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; it is a devotional supplication centered on preserving realized knowledge.