Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 2
सूत उवाच । विदर्भविषये पूर्वमासीदेको द्विजोत्तमः । वेदमित्र इति ख्यातो वेद शास्त्रार्थवित्सुधीः
sūta uvāca | vidarbhaviṣaye pūrvamāsīdeko dvijottamaḥ | vedamitra iti khyāto veda śāstrārthavitsudhīḥ
সূত বললেন— “পূর্বে বিদর্ভ দেশে ‘বেদমিত্র’ নামে খ্যাত এক শ্রেষ্ঠ ব্রাহ্মণ ছিলেন; তিনি প্রজ্ঞাবান এবং বেদ-শাস্ত্রের অর্থজ্ঞ ছিলেন।”
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sauti)
Tirtha: Vidarbha (regional setting)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣayaḥ
Scene: A learned brāhmaṇa Vedamitra in a Vidarbha village/āśrama setting, holding palm-leaf manuscripts, surrounded by students or ritual implements, conveying calm scholarship.
FAQs
Dharma narratives often begin by establishing a teacher-like exemplar—learned, disciplined, and rooted in śāstra.
Vidarbha is named as the setting (a sacred-geographical marker), though no particular tīrtha is specified in this verse.
None in this verse; it introduces a character for the forthcoming vrata-related account.