Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 103
विदुरेष्यद्धियाऽपायं परतोऽन्ये विवेकिनः । नैवोभयं विदुर्नीचा विनाऽनुभवमात्मनः
vidureṣyaddhiyā'pāyaṃ parato'nye vivekinaḥ | naivobhayaṃ vidurnīcā vinā'nubhavamātmanaḥ
اہلِ بصیرت آنے والے خطرے کو بھی پہلے ہی پہچان لیتے ہیں، اور کچھ لوگ واقعہ گزرنے کے بعد سمجھتے ہیں۔ مگر کمینے نہ یہ جانتے ہیں نہ وہ—جب تک خود بھگت نہ لیں۔
Unspecified (didactic reflection within Kaumārikā-khaṇḍa)
Scene: Three figures illustrate stages of understanding: a sage noticing distant storm-clouds (approaching danger), a householder reacting after damage, and a stubborn person only awakening amid suffering.
FAQs
Cultivate discernment: the wise learn through insight, while ignorance forces learning only through painful experience.
No holy site is referenced; it is a general dharma-śikṣā (moral instruction) verse.
None; the emphasis is on developing viveka (discriminative wisdom).