Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 64
पुत्र उवाच । एकत्रिंशत्सहस्राणि पठित्वापि त्वया पितः । नानातर्कान्भ्रांतिरेव संधिता मनसिस्वके
putra uvāca | ekatriṃśatsahasrāṇi paṭhitvāpi tvayā pitaḥ | nānātarkānbhrāṃtireva saṃdhitā manasisvake
ਪੁੱਤਰ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ: “ਪਿਤਾ ਜੀ, ਤੁਸੀਂ ਇਕੱਤੀ ਹਜ਼ਾਰ ਪਾਠ ਪੜ੍ਹ ਲਏ, ਤੱਥਾਪਿ ਅਨੇਕ ਤਰਕਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਆਪਣੇ ਮਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੇਵਲ ਭ੍ਰਮ ਹੀ ਸੀ ਲਿਆ ਹੈ।”
Son of Kauthuma (the boy)
Listener: pitā (father)
Scene: A confident young son addresses an older learned father surrounded by stacks of manuscripts; the father appears unsettled, as if realizing the weight of the critique; the son’s gesture is precise, cutting through confusion.
FAQs
Accumulated learning and debate can still leave one confused; wisdom requires clarity, not just quantity of texts.
No sacred place is referenced in this verse.
None.