Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4
एतस्मिन्नंतरे प्राप्तो नारदो मुनिसत्तमः । दृष्ट्वा तं माहिषं सर्वं व्यवहारं महोत्कटम्
etasminnaṃtare prāpto nārado munisattamaḥ | dṛṣṭvā taṃ māhiṣaṃ sarvaṃ vyavahāraṃ mahotkaṭam
ঠিক সেই সময়তে মুনিশ্ৰেষ্ঠ নাৰদ উপস্থিত হ’ল; আৰু মহিষৰ সেই ভয়ংকৰ আচৰণৰ সমগ্ৰ ব্যৱহাৰ দেখি, তেওঁ সকলো লক্ষ্য কৰিলে।
Sūta (continued narration)
Listener: Ṛṣis at Naimiṣāraṇya (implied)
Scene: Nārada enters suddenly with vīṇā, radiant and calm; devas turn toward him with hope; in the distance, Mahīṣa’s fierce activities are glimpsed like a storm; Nārada’s gaze assesses the situation.
FAQs
The presence of realized sages in Purāṇic narrative signals discernment and course-correction; truth is first ‘seen clearly’ before it is addressed.
None; the verse introduces Nārada’s entry into the story.
None.