Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49
एवं मे मधुपो जातो गुरुत्वे च द्विजोत्तमाः । तेनाहं तेजसा युक्तो नान्यदस्तीह कारणम्
evaṃ me madhupo jāto gurutve ca dvijottamāḥ | tenāhaṃ tejasā yukto nānyadastīha kāraṇam
Demikianlah aku menjadi “lebah madu” dalam hal kewibawaan keguruan rohani, wahai para dvijottama. Oleh sebab itu aku dikurniai tejas, sinar rohani; tiada sebab lain di sini.
Unspecified first-person narrator addressing dvijottamas
Listener: dvijoत्तamāḥ (best of twice-born)
Scene: A speaker (learned ascetic/teacher) addresses ‘best of dvijas’; a symbolic bee hovers near a manuscript-lotus, and a subtle aura (tejas) surrounds the teacher, indicating authority born of assimilated wisdom.
FAQs
Spiritual authority and inner radiance arise from discernment and essence-taking (sāra) rather than from mere accumulation of words.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.
None; the emphasis is on the cause of tejas—discernment, study, and realization.