Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 109
दातव्यं भक्ति युक्ताय स्वशिष्याय सुताय वा । पूर्वमेव मया ख्यातं सारात्सारतरं प्रिये
dātavyaṃ bhakti yuktāya svaśiṣyāya sutāya vā | pūrvameva mayā khyātaṃ sārātsārataraṃ priye
भक्तियुक्त व्यक्तीस—स्वशिष्याला किंवा पुत्रालाही—हे द्यावे. प्रिये, मी पूर्वीच सारातूनही परम सार सांगितले आहे.
Śiva
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: Śiva, in calm instruction, indicates that the essence of the teaching should be entrusted only to a devoted disciple or son; Pārvatī listens attentively in a sacred setting suggestive of Prabhāsa’s coastal sanctity.
FAQs
Devotion and rightful relationship (disciple/child) establish eligibility for receiving profound teachings.
The instruction is embedded within Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s māhātmya, where right conduct safeguards sacred merit.
A prescription on dāna of knowledge: give it to the bhakti-yukta, especially one’s disciple or son.