Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39
सतां सप्तपदं मैत्रमित्याहुर्बुद्धिकोविदाः । मित्रतां च पुरस्कृत्य समासाद्वक्तुमर्हसि
satāṃ saptapadaṃ maitramityāhurbuddhikovidāḥ | mitratāṃ ca puraskṛtya samāsādvaktumarhasi
دانشمند کہتے ہیں کہ نیکوں میں دوستی ‘سات قدم’ ساتھ چلنے سے پختہ ہوتی ہے۔ پس اس رفاقت کے بندھن کی حرمت رکھ کر، مہربانی فرما کر مجھ سے رازدارانہ طور پر کلام کیجیے۔
Brāhmaṇa
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame, implied)
Scene: Two figures stand or walk together taking ‘seven steps’ in symbolic unity; the brāhmaṇa invokes this bond to request confidential instruction from the divine speaker.
FAQs
True counsel is requested and given within dharmic friendship—trust built through shared commitment and virtue.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra is the surrounding narrative setting; the verse itself highlights the ethics of receiving sacred instruction.
No ritual is prescribed here; it establishes the relationship and right attitude for receiving secret teachings.