Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 53
पंडिता गर्विताः सर्वे तर्कशास्त्रविशारदाः । आगच्छन्ति समं तात विद्ययोद्धतकन्धराः । न शक्नुवंति ते वक्तुं द्रष्टुं वक्त्रमपि प्रिये
paṃḍitā garvitāḥ sarve tarkaśāstraviśāradāḥ | āgacchanti samaṃ tāta vidyayoddhatakandharāḥ | na śaknuvaṃti te vaktuṃ draṣṭuṃ vaktramapi priye
Wahai anakku, semua sarjana yang angkuh, mahir dalam tarka dan ilmu perdebatan, datang berhimpun—leher terangkat kerana kesombongan ilmu; namun, wahai kekasih, mereka tidak mampu berkata-kata, bahkan tidak sanggup memandang wajahnya.
Skanda (deduced; direct addresses 'tāta' and 'priye' occur within narrative speech)
FAQs
Pride in scholarship is shown as powerless before divinely-granted vāk-siddhi; humility is implied as true adornment of knowledge.
Prabhāsakṣetra, whose māhātmya claims the tīrtha’s power subdues even renowned debaters.
None explicitly; it continues the description of fruits arising from prior tīrtha-practice (snāna/japa).