Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
एवमुक्त्वा ततश्चक्रे पृच्छां स मुनिसत्तमः । तं दृष्ट्वा नृपशार्दूलं पुरःस्थं विनयान्वितम्
evamuktvā tataścakre pṛcchāṃ sa munisattamaḥ | taṃ dṛṣṭvā nṛpaśārdūlaṃ puraḥsthaṃ vinayānvitam
Nachdem er so gesprochen hatte, begann der erhabenste der Weisen ihn zu befragen, als er den „Tiger unter den Königen“ demütig vor sich stehen sah.
Narrative voice
Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (typical frame; not explicit in verse)
Scene: A venerable sage seated in an āśrama near a sacred landscape; a crowned king stands before him with folded hands, head slightly bowed, as the sage begins to question him.
FAQs
Humility makes one fit to receive dharma; inquiry (praśna) opens the way for purāṇic instruction.
No site is directly named; the verse frames the dialogue that occurs within a tīrtha-māhātmya setting.
None explicitly; it introduces a didactic exchange (questioning) as a dharmic practice.