Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 117
वैदिकं लौकिकं चैव सर्वज्ञानमवाप्य यः । आश्रमस्थो वशी नित्यमृषिकल्प इति स्मृतः
vaidikaṃ laukikaṃ caiva sarvajñānamavāpya yaḥ | āśramastho vaśī nityamṛṣikalpa iti smṛtaḥ
جو ویدک اور دنیاوی—دونوں طرح کا سارا علم حاصل کر لے، اور اپنے آشرم میں قائم رہ کر ہمیشہ ضبطِ نفس رکھے—وہ ‘رِشی کلپ’ (رِشی کے مانند) سمجھا جاتا ہے۔
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), addressing the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Scene: An ṛṣikalpa figure in an āśrama: teaching scripture to students while also advising on worldly matters (medicine, governance, ethics); calm, authoritative, self-mastered presence.
FAQs
Knowledge becomes spiritually luminous when joined to āśrama-dharma and steady self-restraint.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the focus is the inner qualification of a sage-like life.
Stability in one’s āśrama and continual self-mastery; the verse implies disciplined study of Vedic learning.