Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 82
संस्काराः पिप्पलादस्य वेदोक्ता वेद पारगैः । षडंगोपांगसंयुक्ता वेदास्तेन समुद्धृताः । तदाश्रमनिवासिभ्यो मुनिभ्यश्च सुपुष्कलाः
saṃskārāḥ pippalādasya vedoktā veda pāragaiḥ | ṣaḍaṃgopāṃgasaṃyuktā vedāstena samuddhṛtāḥ | tadāśramanivāsibhyo munibhyaśca supuṣkalāḥ
पिप्पलादस्य वेदोक्ताः संस्काराः वेदपारगैर्मुनिभिः कृताः। षडङ्गोपाङ्गसंयुक्तान् वेदान् तेन सम्यगधीत्य समुद्धृताः; तदाश्रमनिवासिभ्यो मुनिभ्यश्च स सुपुष्कलोऽभवत्।
Unspecified (narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: Pippalāda, now a disciplined sage, is shown mastering the Vedas with six Vedāṅgas and subsidiary disciplines; around him, āśrama residents prosper through his guidance and generosity.
FAQs
Sacred places flourish through Vedic learning and disciplined saṃskāras; knowledge becomes service to the āśrama community.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is praised indirectly as a seat of sages where Vedic rites and study are preserved.
Veda-prescribed saṃskāras are mentioned, along with study of the Vedas together with Vedāṅgas and allied disciplines.