Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37
तदेत्कारणं जातं मम तेजो भिवृद्धये । गुरुत्वे पिंगला जाता तेन सा मे द्विजोत्तमाः
tadetkāraṇaṃ jātaṃ mama tejo bhivṛddhaye | gurutve piṃgalā jātā tena sā me dvijottamāḥ
तदेव कारणं जातं मम तेजोऽभिवृद्धये। पिङ्गला गुरुत्वं प्राप्ता; तेन, हे द्विजोत्तमाः, सा मम गुरुरभवत्॥
Atithi (narrator within Piṅgalopākhyāna; speaker inferred from immediate narrative context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijottama (best of twice-born)
Scene: A learned brāhmaṇa is addressed with reverence; Piṅgalā stands as a dignified teacher, radiating calm authority; the speaker’s aura brightens as instruction is received.
FAQs
True insight and detachment increase one’s inner radiance (tejas), making even an unexpected person a genuine teacher.
The broader passage belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya within the Nāgara-khaṇḍa’s Tīrtha-māhātmya.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; the verse emphasizes inner transformation as the source of tejas.
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