Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
क्षणं त्वं कुरु देवेशि सर्वं वक्ष्याम्यशेषतः । धौम्येन तु यथापूर्वं पार्थाय सुमहात्मने
kṣaṇaṃ tvaṃ kuru deveśi sarvaṃ vakṣyāmyaśeṣataḥ | dhaumyena tu yathāpūrvaṃ pārthāya sumahātmane
«أمهليني لحظةً يا سيّدة الآلهة؛ فسأقصّ كلَّ شيءٍ بلا نقص، كما علّمه دهاوميا من قبل لبارثا (أرجونا) عظيمِ النفس.»
Śiva
Tirtha: Cyavanārka (context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva asks Pārvatī for a moment and recalls an ancient scene: sage Dhaumya instructing Arjuna; the narrative visually overlays two teaching moments across time.
FAQs
Purāṇic teachings gain weight through remembered lineage—what was effective for heroic dharmic figures is offered again for devotees.
The ongoing context remains Cyavanārka within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where Sūrya worship is being taught.
An impending full instruction (aśeṣataḥ) of the Sūrya-nāma practice, authenticated by the Dhaumya→Arjuna precedent.