Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48
स चापि चतुरो वेदान्ब्रह्मचारिव्रते स्थितः । वेदांगैः सहितान्वृत्रः पपाठ गुरुवत्सलः
sa cāpi caturo vedānbrahmacārivrate sthitaḥ | vedāṃgaiḥ sahitānvṛtraḥ papāṭha guruvatsalaḥ
Và Vṛtra, an trú trong hạnh nguyện brahmacarya, đã học tụng bốn bộ Veda cùng các Vedāṅga, với lòng kính mến và tận tụy đối với thầy.
Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller voice)
Scene: An āśrama classroom: Vṛtra seated with palm-leaf manuscripts, reciting; Śukra as guru presides; symbols of the four Vedas and Vedāṅgas appear as scrolls, meters, and ritual implements.
FAQs
Learning is sanctified by brahmacarya and humility: knowledge becomes dharmic strength when joined to guru-devotion and disciplined conduct.
No particular tīrtha is cited in this verse; it describes the formation of the protagonist within the chapter’s māhātmya setting.
Brahmacarya-vrata (student discipline) and Vedic study (adhyayana) with Vedāṅgas.