Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
वेदाः सांगाः समाधीता गर्भवासेऽपि तेन च । स्मृतयश्च पुराणानि मोक्षशास्त्राणि कृत्स्नशः
vedāḥ sāṃgāḥ samādhītā garbhavāse'pi tena ca | smṛtayaśca purāṇāni mokṣaśāstrāṇi kṛtsnaśaḥ
แม้อยู่ในครรภ์ เขาก็ได้ศึกษาจนชำนาญพระเวทพร้อมอังคะทั้งหลาย ตลอดจนสมฤติ ปุราณะ และคัมภีร์ว่าด้วยโมกษะโดยสิ้นเชิง
Narrator (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A visionary scene: within the womb, a radiant sage surrounded by hovering palm-leaf manuscripts labeled Veda, Vedāṅga, Smṛti, Purāṇa, Mokṣa-śāstra; a subtle light beam connecting to a cosmic source of knowledge.
FAQs
It celebrates the supremacy of śāstra and mokṣa-knowledge, portraying wisdom as the highest wealth that guides one beyond saṃsāra.
No site is directly mentioned in this shloka; it reinforces the spiritual authority typical of tīrtha-māhātmya narration.
No explicit rite is prescribed; the implied discipline is svādhyāya (scriptural study).