Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 69
पिशुनाय न पापाय नाशिष्यायाहिताय च । कथनीयमिदं पुण्यं नाव्रताय कथंचन
piśunāya na pāpāya nāśiṣyāyāhitāya ca | kathanīyamidaṃ puṇyaṃ nāvratāya kathaṃcana
ഈ പുണ്യവും രഹസ്യവുമായ ഉപദേശം നിന്ദകനോടും പാപിയോടും ശിഷ്യനല്ലാത്ത ദുഷ്ടചിത്തനോടും പറയരുത്; വ്രതരഹിതനായ അസംയമിയോട് ഒരിക്കലും പറയരുത്।
Skanda (deduced; secrecy/adhikāra instruction typical of purāṇic upadeśa)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis at Naimiṣāraṇya (typical frame)
Scene: A sage in a coastal hermitage near Prabhāsa instructs a disciplined listener while turning away slanderers; palm-leaf manuscript held close, emphasizing secrecy and eligibility.
FAQs
Sacred knowledge bears fruit when received with moral fitness, discipleship, and disciplined conduct.
The instruction governs transmission of the Prabhāsa-kṣetra teaching that has just been presented.
It prescribes adhikāra: the teaching is to be shared only with qualified, vow-observant listeners.