Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6
एतत्सर्वं यथा वृत्तमाचक्ष्व द्विजसत्तम । श्रोतुमिच्छामि विप्रेन्द्र भीमार्जुनयमैः सह
etatsarvaṃ yathā vṛttamācakṣva dvijasattama | śrotumicchāmi viprendra bhīmārjunayamaiḥ saha
হে দ্বিজশ্ৰেষ্ঠ, এই সকলো কথা যেনেকৈ ঘটিল, মোক বৰ্ণনা কৰি কোৱা। হে বিপ্ৰেন্দ্ৰ, মই ভীম, অৰ্জুন আৰু যমজ ভ্ৰাতৃদ্বয়ৰ সৈতে একেলগে এই কাহিনী শুনিবলৈ ইচ্ছা কৰোঁ।
Yudhiṣṭhira
Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira requests a full account from the sage, with Bhīma, Arjuna, Nakula, and Sahadeva seated in attentive semicircle, suggesting disciplined listening.
FAQs
Hearing sacred narration (kathā-śravaṇa) with sincerity and good company is itself a dharmic act that opens the way to understanding tīrtha-glories.
Not directly; the verse sets up the narration that will explain the Narmadā-bank sacred event.
No formal rite; the implied practice is śravaṇa—listening to the Purāṇic account.