Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 48
कौतूहलादिह प्राप्तश्चिरात्ते दर्शनं गतः । मर्त्त्यलोकात्समायातो यास्यामि ब्रह्मणः पदम्
kautūhalādiha prāptaścirātte darśanaṃ gataḥ | marttyalokātsamāyāto yāsyāmi brahmaṇaḥ padam
بدافع الفضول جئتُ إلى هنا؛ وبعد زمنٍ طويل نلتُ رؤيتك (دارشَنَك). وقد أتيتُ من عالم البشر الفاني، والآن أمضي إلى مقام براهما.
Nārada
Tirtha: Arbuda (contextual kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahiṣāsura (contextual)
Scene: Nārada, having arrived, speaks with gentle finality: he came from the mortal realm, obtained the meeting, and now departs upward toward Brahmā’s abode.
FAQs
Satsanga and darśana are valued, yet the sage remains unattached and continues onward in divine duty.
No earthly tīrtha is named; the verse mentions movement from Martyaloka toward Brahmā’s abode.
None; it is narrative context about Nārada’s purpose and onward journey.