Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31
अन्येऽपि ये प्रगच्छंति ब्रह्मज्ञानसमन्विताः । अक्षयास्तेऽपि जायंते सत्यमेतन्मयोदितम्
anye'pi ye pragacchaṃti brahmajñānasamanvitāḥ | akṣayāste'pi jāyaṃte satyametanmayoditam
బ్రహ్మజ్ఞానంతో యుక్తులై ముందుకు సాగేవారు ఇతరులైనా, వారూ ‘అక్షయ’—అవినాశులు—అవుతారు; ఇది నేను చెప్పిన సత్యం.
Sūta (deduced)
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: A group of seekers walking forward (‘pragacchanti’) with calm faces, carrying scriptures and japa-mālā; above them a luminous, formless Brahman light indicating akṣayatva.
FAQs
Liberation is grounded in Brahman-knowledge; such realization makes one ‘akṣaya’—not subject to perishing in the cycle of time.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it provides a doctrinal bridge between tīrtha-faith and jñāna (spiritual knowledge).
None explicitly; the emphasis is on brahma-jñāna rather than external observance.
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