Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46
एकजन्मनि संप्राप्तो लेशो ज्ञानस्य तस्य च । द्वितीये द्विगुणस्तस्य तृतीये त्रिगु णो भवेत्
ekajanmani saṃprāpto leśo jñānasya tasya ca | dvitīye dviguṇastasya tṛtīye trigu ṇo bhavet
اگر ایک جنم میں اُس گیان کا تھوڑا سا حصہ حاصل ہو جائے تو دوسرے میں وہ دوگنا ہو جاتا ہے؛ تیسرے میں تین گنا ہو جاتا ہے۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A symbolic ladder or growing flame: a tiny lamp of knowledge in the first birth, brighter in the second, blazing in the third; three human figures in successive life-scenes linked by a thread of light.
FAQs
Spiritual knowledge is cumulative; sincere effort carries forward and strengthens over successive births.
No named tīrtha appears in this verse; it supports the chapter’s broader māhātmya message.
None; it describes the principle of progressive increase of jñāna through continued practice.