Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18
अथ तन्मध्यगो विप्र आसीद्वृद्धतमः सुधीः । सुशील इति विख्यातो वेदवेदांगपारगः
atha tanmadhyago vipra āsīdvṛddhatamaḥ sudhīḥ | suśīla iti vikhyāto vedavedāṃgapāragaḥ
ครั้งนั้นท่ามกลางหมู่ชน มีพราหมณ์ผู้หนึ่งชรามากและเปี่ยมปัญญา เป็นที่รู้จักนามว่า “สุศีละ” ผู้เชี่ยวชาญพระเวทและเวทางคะทั้งปวง
Narrator (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A venerable, white-bearded brāhmaṇa named Suśīla stands among a gathering, holding palm-leaf manuscripts; his calm presence contrasts with the crowd’s agitation hinted in the background.
FAQs
Purāṇic tīrtha narratives often place a learned, virtuous elder as the agent of reconciliation, showing that true scholarship supports dharma and harmony.
No specific tīrtha is named here; the verse introduces a key figure within the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya storyline.
None; it is a character introduction emphasizing Vedic qualification.