Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 37
अपि वेदं विदित्वा यस्त्यक्त्वा वै जातवेदसम् । अन्यत्र बध्नाति रतिं ब्राह्मणो न स वेदवित्
api vedaṃ viditvā yastyaktvā vai jātavedasam | anyatra badhnāti ratiṃ brāhmaṇo na sa vedavit
اگرچہ کوئی برہمن وید پڑھ چکا ہو، لیکن اگر وہ جاتَویدس (اَگنی) کو چھوڑ کر کہیں اور دل کی رغبت باندھ لے تو وہ حقیقت میں وید کا جاننے والا نہیں۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Jātavedas (Agni) as living tīrtha for dvijas
Type: kshetra
Scene: A learned brāhmaṇa with palm-leaf manuscripts turns away from a neglected, dying household fire; shadows of worldly temptations pull him aside; a stern luminous Agni looks on as witness.
FAQs
Vedic learning is incomplete without fidelity to Agni; abandoning the sacred center undermines true Veda-knowledge.
The passage belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s dharma teaching environment rather than naming a single tīrtha.
It implicitly prescribes maintaining devotion/service to Agni (Jātavedas) as integral to Vedic life.