Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
राजोवाच । कानि तत्त्वानि को देही किं ज्ञेयं योगिनां वद । उत्पन्नज्ञानसद्भावो योगयुक्तः कथं भवेत्
rājovāca | kāni tattvāni ko dehī kiṃ jñeyaṃ yogināṃ vada | utpannajñānasadbhāvo yogayuktaḥ kathaṃ bhavet
พระราชาตรัสว่า: “ตัตตวะทั้งหลายมีอะไรบ้าง? ผู้สถิตในกาย (เทหี) คือผู้ใด? จงบอกสิ่งที่โยคีพึงรู้ และเมื่อญาณแท้เกิดขึ้นภายในแล้ว บุคคลจะตั้งมั่นในโยคะได้อย่างไร?”
The King (Rājā)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara
Scene: The king, hands folded, leans forward in earnest inquiry; the guru sits composed; between them a palm-leaf manuscript or rosary; the atmosphere is that of a sacred teaching pavilion near a shrine.
FAQs
Sincere inquiry—asking what is real, who the self is, and what must be known—is presented as the gateway to authentic yogic attainment.
The questions arise within the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra Māhātmya (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa), implying the kṣetra as a fertile ground for yogic knowledge.
No ritual is prescribed here; it is a request for doctrinal instruction on tattvas, the dehī, and yogic realization.