Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 109
दातव्यं भक्ति युक्ताय स्वशिष्याय सुताय वा । पूर्वमेव मया ख्यातं सारात्सारतरं प्रिये
dātavyaṃ bhakti yuktāya svaśiṣyāya sutāya vā | pūrvameva mayā khyātaṃ sārātsārataraṃ priye
یہ (گُہرا اُپدیش) بھکتی سے یُکت شخص کو—اپنے شِشّیہ کو یا اپنے پُتر کو بھی—دینا چاہیے۔ اے پیاری، میں پہلے ہی سَار میں سے بھی سَارتر بات بیان کر چکا ہوں۔
Śiva
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: Śiva, in calm instruction, indicates that the essence of the teaching should be entrusted only to a devoted disciple or son; Pārvatī listens attentively in a sacred setting suggestive of Prabhāsa’s coastal sanctity.
FAQs
Devotion and rightful relationship (disciple/child) establish eligibility for receiving profound teachings.
The instruction is embedded within Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s māhātmya, where right conduct safeguards sacred merit.
A prescription on dāna of knowledge: give it to the bhakti-yukta, especially one’s disciple or son.