Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 27
अहो प्राप्त उपायो मे स्थानप्राप्तौ न संशयः । श्लोकं व्याख्याय नृपतेर्लप्स्ये स्थानं धनं तथा
aho prāpta upāyo me sthānaprāptau na saṃśayaḥ | ślokaṃ vyākhyāya nṛpaterlapsye sthānaṃ dhanaṃ tathā
ਅਹੋ! ਮੇਰੇ ਲਈ ਇਕ ਉਪਾਯ ਆ ਪਹੁੰਚਿਆ ਹੈ; ਨਿਸ਼ਚੇ ਹੀ ਮੈਂ ਪਦ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰਾਂਗਾ। ਰਾਜੇ ਨੂੰ ਇਹ ਸ਼ਲੋਕ ਵਿਆਖਿਆ ਕਰ ਕੇ ਮੈਂ ਅਹੁਦਾ ਅਤੇ ਧਨ ਦੋਵੇਂ ਲਵਾਂਗਾ।
Unspecified narrator
Listener: Phālguna (Arjuna)
Scene: A learned person privately exults at a ‘means’ to secure position and wealth by explaining a śloka to the king; inner calculation contrasted with outward scholarship.
FAQs
Knowledge can bring worldly gain, but the Purāṇic frame invites scrutiny of one’s motive—dharma should guide artha.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse concerns courtly reward for interpretation.
None; it concerns explanation of scripture rather than ritual action.