Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 132
ततो मां पंचमे वर्षे व्यास आगत्य जप्तवान् । कर्णे सारस्वतं मंत्रं तेनाहं संस्मरामि च
tato māṃ paṃcame varṣe vyāsa āgatya japtavān | karṇe sārasvataṃ maṃtraṃ tenāhaṃ saṃsmarāmi ca
پھر میرے پانچویں برس میں ویاس مُنی آئے اور میرے کان میں سارَسوت منتر کا جپ کیا؛ اسی کے اثر سے میں (مقدس تعلیم) کو یاد رکھ پاتا ہوں۔
A suffering narrator (unnamed in this snippet; within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa discourse tradition)
Scene: Sage Vyāsa bends toward a five-year-old child, whispering a mantra into the right ear (karṇopadeśa). A subtle presence of Sarasvatī—white garments, vīṇā—appears as an aura of learning and memory.
FAQs
Mantra-upadeśa from a realized guru restores memory, direction, and dharmic capacity even in adversity.
No particular tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
Mantra-japa/upadeśa is implied: Vyāsa imparts the Sārasvata mantra into the ear.