Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25
यः स्वाध्यायं चतुर्वेदैर्विष्णोरायतने चरेत् । चतुरो वार्षिकान्मासान्स विद्वान्सर्वदा भवेत्
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यो विष्णोरायतने चतुर्वेदैः सह स्वाध्यायं चतुरो वार्षिकान् मासान् चरेत्, स विद्वान् सर्वदा भवेत्।
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya didactic narration)
Tirtha: Viṣṇor-āyatana svādhyāya (cāturmāsya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A learned devotee sits in a Viṣṇu temple corridor during monsoon months, palm-leaf manuscripts beside him, reciting Vedic passages; rain outside, lamps inside, calm concentration.
FAQs
Learning becomes spiritually fruitful and steady when pursued as disciplined svādhyāya in a sacred space dedicated to Viṣṇu.
The verse highlights Viṣṇu’s āyatana (temple) as the sacred setting, without naming a particular pilgrimage location.
Undertake svādhyāya/recitation-study of the four Vedas in Viṣṇu’s temple for four months annually (Cāturmāsya).