Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 69
अगस्त्य उवाच । विष्णुशर्मेति विख्यातः पुराभूद्ब्राह्मणोत्तमः । वेदवेदांगतत्त्वज्ञो धर्मकर्मसमाश्रितः
agastya uvāca | viṣṇuśarmeti vikhyātaḥ purābhūdbrāhmaṇottamaḥ | vedavedāṃgatattvajño dharmakarmasamāśritaḥ
اگستیہ نے کہا: قدیم زمانے میں وشنوشرما نام کا ایک برتر برہمن مشہور تھا۔ وہ ویدوں اور ویدانگوں کے اصولوں کا جاننے والا تھا اور دھرم کے فرائض اور مقدس آچرن میں ثابت قدم تھا۔
Agastya
Listener: Vyāsa
Scene: Agastya narrates the life of Viṣṇuśarman: a serene brāhmaṇa scholar with Vedic implements, seated in study and ritual discipline, embodying dharma and sacred conduct.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma honors harmony of knowledge and conduct: scriptural understanding (Veda/Vedāṅga) culminates in dharma lived through right action.
The narrative is set up within Ayodhyāmāhātmya; the saintly figure introduced will connect his tapas and devotion to Ayodhyā’s sanctity.
No explicit rite; it characterizes a dhārmic life grounded in prescribed duties.