Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 73
श्रीभगवानुवाच । युष्माकमपि ये केचिद्वशं यास्यंति मानवाः । युवानः शास्त्रसंयुक्ता वेदविद्याविशारदाः
śrībhagavānuvāca | yuṣmākamapi ye kecidvaśaṃ yāsyaṃti mānavāḥ | yuvānaḥ śāstrasaṃyuktā vedavidyāviśāradāḥ
พระผู้เป็นเจ้าตรัสว่า: “ในหมู่พวกท่านด้วย ผู้ใดก็ตามในหมู่มนุษย์ที่จะอยู่ใต้ระเบียบวินัยของพวกท่าน—เป็นหนุ่มเยาว์ ประกอบด้วยศาสตรา และชำนาญยิ่งในวิทยาเวท—”
Śrī Bhagavān (contextually Śiva)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas of the kṣetra (collective)
Scene: The Lord speaks reassuringly to a group of brāhmaṇas, describing future disciples—youthful, disciplined, and learned in Veda and śāstra—who will come under their guidance.
FAQs
Dharma at sacred sites is preserved through disciplined education—śāstra study and Vedic mastery.
The verse continues the chapter’s kṣetra narrative but does not identify a named tīrtha in this line.
No direct ritual is prescribed; it describes qualifications (Veda/śāstra competence) supporting śrāddha efficacy.