Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
सूत उवाच । एवं तत्र तदा देवी श्रुत्वा माहात्म्यमुत्तमम् । हर्षोत्कंठितया वाचा पुनः पप्रच्छ शंकरम्
sūta uvāca | evaṃ tatra tadā devī śrutvā māhātmyamuttamam | harṣotkaṃṭhitayā vācā punaḥ papraccha śaṃkaram
قال سوتا: هكذا في ذلك الحين، لما سمعت الإلهةُ ذلك البيانَ السامي للمجد، عادت تسأل شانكرا، وكلماتُها مفعمة بالفرح والشوق المتلهّف.
Sūta
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and the sages
Scene: Sūta narrates: Devī, delighted after hearing the Prabhāsa greatness, turns again to Śaṅkara with eager, joyful speech to ask further questions.
FAQs
Reverent listening to a tīrtha-māhātmya naturally leads to deeper inquiry; devotion expresses itself as eager questioning.
The context is Prabhāsa-kṣetra, moving toward the glorification of Somēśvara within that sacred geography.
None directly; it frames śravaṇa (hearing) of māhātmya and the ensuing devotional inquiry.