Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 125
इति संक्षेपतः प्रोक्तं भविष्यं पांडवा मया । भवतां चित्तनिर्वृत्यै श्रूयतां भूय एव च
iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ bhaviṣyaṃ pāṃḍavā mayā | bhavatāṃ cittanirvṛtyai śrūyatāṃ bhūya eva ca
হে পাণ্ডৱসকল, ভবিষ্যতে যি ঘটিব, সেয়া মই সংক্ষেপে ক’লোঁ। তোমালোকৰ চিত্তৰ শান্তি আৰু তৃপ্তিৰ বাবে পুনৰো অধিক শুনা।
Devī (Goddess)
Listener: Pāṇḍavas
Scene: A calm teaching scene: Skanda (or the narrator-sage) seated, addressing the Pāṇḍavas; gestures indicate ‘briefly said’ and ‘listen further’, with palm-leaf manuscripts and a sacred grove setting.
FAQs
Sacred narration is itself a dharmic support—heard with faith, it steadies the mind and restores inner clarity.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a narrative transition within the adhyāya.
Śravaṇa (devout listening) is implied as a spiritual practice, though no formal rite is detailed.