Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 43
काकारावैः किमतैर्वो यद्यस्ति ज्ञानशालिता । व्याकुरुध्वं ततः प्रश्रान्मम दुर्विषहान्बहून्
kākārāvaiḥ kimatairvo yadyasti jñānaśālitā | vyākurudhvaṃ tataḥ praśrānmama durviṣahānbahūn
உங்களில் உண்மையான ஞானநிலை இருந்தால், இக்காகம் போன்ற கூச்சலும் சண்டையும் எதற்காக? ஆகவே என் பலவும் தாங்கக் கடினமான கேள்விகளுக்கு விளக்கம் கூறுங்கள்।
Narrator (unnamed first-person; likely Sūta’s narration)
Listener: A group of brāhmaṇas/munis (elders)
Scene: A learned questioner silences a group engaged in noisy argument, demanding meaningful answers; sages sit in a semi-circle, the speaker standing with raised hand in admonition.
FAQs
Knowledge is proven by clear answers and insight, not by loud disputation; dharmic debate serves truth, not ego.
The verse occurs within the praised āśrama-region narrative; it does not name a specific tīrtha.
None; it recommends a discipline of inquiry and explanation as a form of dharmic conduct.