Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 83
यत्त्विदं बहुधा मूढा वर्णयंति द्विजाधमाः । विश्वनिर्माणमखिलं तथापि श्रृणु सत्यतः
yattvidaṃ bahudhā mūḍhā varṇayaṃti dvijādhamāḥ | viśvanirmāṇamakhilaṃ tathāpi śrṛṇu satyataḥ
যা এই মূঢ়—দ্বিজদের মধ্যে অধম—লোকেরা নানা প্রকারে ‘সমগ্র বিশ্ব-নির্মাণ’ বলে বর্ণনা করে, তবু তুমি তা সত্যরূপে শ্রবণ কর।
Unspecified in snippet (didactic speaker continuing a polemical exposition)
Scene: A teacher-sage addresses an assembly, dismissing confused disputants and inviting the listener to hear the true account; palm-leaf manuscripts, a calm hermitage setting, and a subtle cosmic diagram behind.
FAQs
It contrasts confused speculation with an authoritative teaching, preparing the listener to receive a ‘true’ account of cosmic principles.
No sacred site is named in this verse.
None; it introduces a doctrinal explanation (cosmic teaching).