Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 6
उपवासै स्तथा तुल्यं तपः कर्म्म न विद्यते । नास्ति वेदात्परं शास्त्रं नास्ति मातृसमो गुरु
upavāsai stathā tulyaṃ tapaḥ karmma na vidyate | nāsti vedātparaṃ śāstraṃ nāsti mātṛsamo guru
اُپواس (روزہ) کے برابر کوئی تپسیا یا عمل نہیں؛ وید سے بڑھ کر کوئی شاستر نہیں؛ اور ماں کے برابر کوئی گرو نہیں۔
Skanda (deduced from Skanda Purāṇa narrative context; exact speaker not in snippet)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sage instructs pilgrims: one holds a Veda manuscript/palm-leaf; another bows to his mother; a third observes fasting with calm restraint.
FAQs
Dharma is upheld through inner restraint (fasting), right authority (Veda), and foundational reverence (mother as guru).
The verse is a general dharma teaching embedded within the Dharmāraṇya tīrtha narrative.
Upavāsa (fasting) is explicitly praised as the foremost austerity-practice.