Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58
व्यास उवाच । सुपुण्यैर्लभ्यते कृच्छ्रान्मानुष्यं भुवि दुर्लभम् । तस्मिंल्लब्धे न किं लब्धं यदि स्याद्गृहधर्मवित्
vyāsa uvāca | supuṇyairlabhyate kṛcchrānmānuṣyaṃ bhuvi durlabham | tasmiṃllabdhe na kiṃ labdhaṃ yadi syādgṛhadharmavit
พระวยาสตรัสว่า: ด้วยบุญอันยิ่งใหญ่และด้วยความยากลำบาก จึงได้กำเนิดเป็นมนุษย์บนแผ่นดินซึ่งหาได้ยาก ครั้นได้มาแล้ว หากผู้ใดรู้แจ้งธรรมแห่งคฤหัสถ์ ก็ยังมีสิ่งใดเล่าที่ไม่บรรลุได้
Vyāsa
Scene: Vyāsa proclaims the rarity of human birth: a symbolic wheel of births (animals, birds, beings) surrounds a central human figure receiving a scripture and a water-pot for rites; a path leads toward a tīrtha/temple, indicating purposeful use of life.
FAQs
Human birth is rare and should be made fruitful through dharma—here, especially the disciplined householder path.
No particular sacred site is named in the shloka.
No specific ritual is listed; the prescription is broad—live as a gṛhastha who knows and follows dharma.