Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
तस्मादेतन्महाबाहो यथावद्वक्तुमर्हसि । सांप्रतं सूत कार्त्स्न्येन परं कौतूहलं हि नः
tasmādetanmahābāho yathāvadvaktumarhasi | sāṃprataṃ sūta kārtsnyena paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ
فلذلك، يا عظيمَ الساعد، يليق بك أن تبيّن هذا بيانًا صحيحًا. والآن، يا سوتا، قد اشتدّ شوقُنا وفضولُنا لنسمعه كاملًا على التفصيل.
Ṛṣis (Sages)
Listener: Sūta
Scene: Sages with folded hands leaning forward, earnest faces; Sūta seated on a slightly raised seat, holding a staff or manuscript; the atmosphere of a formal question before a long pilgrimage account.
FAQs
Dharma is learned through humble inquiry and complete listening to authoritative tradition-bearers.
None yet; it is a framing verse preparing for tīrtha-related exposition.
No ritual instruction; it requests a comprehensive teaching.