Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18
अथ तन्मध्यगो विप्र आसीद्वृद्धतमः सुधीः । सुशील इति विख्यातो वेदवेदांगपारगः
atha tanmadhyago vipra āsīdvṛddhatamaḥ sudhīḥ | suśīla iti vikhyāto vedavedāṃgapāragaḥ
پھر اُن کے درمیان ایک برہمن تھا—نہایت بوڑھا اور دانا—جو سُشیلا کے نام سے مشہور تھا اور ویدوں اور ویدانگوں میں کامل مہارت رکھتا تھا۔
Narrator (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A venerable, white-bearded brāhmaṇa named Suśīla stands among a gathering, holding palm-leaf manuscripts; his calm presence contrasts with the crowd’s agitation hinted in the background.
FAQs
Purāṇic tīrtha narratives often place a learned, virtuous elder as the agent of reconciliation, showing that true scholarship supports dharma and harmony.
No specific tīrtha is named here; the verse introduces a key figure within the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya storyline.
None; it is a character introduction emphasizing Vedic qualification.