Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 14
शिव उवाच । श्रूयतां वचनं पुत्र मनसोल्हादकारणम् । आदितः सर्व्ववृत्तानां सृष्टि स्थितिकरं महत्
śiva uvāca | śrūyatāṃ vacanaṃ putra manasolhādakāraṇam | āditaḥ sarvvavṛttānāṃ sṛṣṭi sthitikaraṃ mahat
শিৱে ক’লে: হে পুত্ৰ, মোৰ বাক্য শুনা—যি মনক আনন্দিত কৰে। আদিৰ পৰা মই সেই মহান বৃত্তান্ত ক’ম, যি সকলো ঘটনাৰ সৃষ্টি আৰু স্থিতিৰ কাৰণ।
Śiva
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Listener: Skanda
Scene: Śiva begins a mind-delighting discourse to Skanda, promising an account from the very beginning—creation and sustenance—while seated in a tranquil sacred grove.
FAQs
Purāṇic teaching joins devotion with cosmology: knowing origins and divine order steadies the mind and supports dharma.
The verse is introductory; it prepares the listener for the broader narration connected to Dharmāraṇya’s greatness.
None; it is an invitation to attentive listening (śravaṇa) of sacred teaching.