Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 91
राजोवाच । संत्यन्ये विविधा विप्रा वेदवेदांगपारगाः । मध्यदेशोद्भवाः शान्तास्तथान्ये तीर्थसंभवाः
rājovāca | saṃtyanye vividhā viprā vedavedāṃgapāragāḥ | madhyadeśodbhavāḥ śāntāstathānye tīrthasaṃbhavāḥ
بادشاہ نے کہا: “اور بھی بہت سے برہمن ہیں جو ویدوں اور ویدانگوں کے ماہر ہیں؛ کچھ مدھیہ دیش میں پیدا ہوئے اور پُرسکون سیرت والے ہیں، اور کچھ تیرتھوں میں جنمے ہیں۔”
The King (Rājan)
Tirtha: Nāgara-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Viśvāmitra
Scene: A king respectfully questions a sage: behind them are learned brāhmaṇas from Madhyadeśa with manuscripts and calm demeanor, and tīrtha-born ascetics near ghāṭs; the scene conveys inquiry and comparative evaluation.
FAQs
It raises the dharmic tension between universal Vedic qualification and place-specific ritual custom.
The immediate tīrtha remains unnamed in this verse; it frames a question within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s sacred-place narrative.
None directly; it introduces an inquiry about why other qualified brāhmaṇas are not accepted for rites here.