Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 29
असितो देवलश्चैव जैगीषव्यश्च तत्त्ववित् । आयुर्वेदस्तथाष्टांगो गान्धर्वश्चैव तत्र हि
asito devalaścaiva jaigīṣavyaśca tattvavit | āyurvedastathāṣṭāṃgo gāndharvaścaiva tatra hi
ที่นั้นมีอสิทะและเทวละ และมีไชคีษัวยะผู้รู้ตัตตวะ อีกทั้งอายุรเวทแบบอัษฏางคะ และคันธรรพวิทยา คือศิลปะแห่งดุริยางค์อันศักดิ์สิทธิ์ ก็มีอยู่ ณ ที่นั้น
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Purāṇic frame; exact speaker not in snippet)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Scene: A scholarly-sacred assembly: Asita and Devala as venerable seers, Jaigīṣavya as a composed tattvavit holding a manuscript; beside them, allegorical figures of Āyurveda (with herbs, mortar, and palm-leaf text) and Gandharva-vidyā (with vīṇā). The forest setting feels like a university-āśrama.
FAQs
True sacred culture includes both realized sages and ennobling disciplines—healing knowledge and refined arts—when rooted in tattva (right understanding).
Dharmāraṇya is the implied sacred setting; the verse emphasizes the breadth of sacred learning present there.
No direct rite is prescribed; the verse notes the presence of Āyurveda (including its aṣṭāṅga tradition) and Gandharva-knowledge.