Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 21
ततोऽहं विनयोपेतस्तस्य कृत्यानि कृत्स्नशः । करोमि स च मे रात्रौ चित्राः कीर्तयते कथाः
tato'haṃ vinayopetastasya kṛtyāni kṛtsnaśaḥ | karomi sa ca me rātrau citrāḥ kīrtayate kathāḥ
Daraufhin verrichtete ich, von Demut erfüllt, all seine Pflichten vollständig. Und nachts erzählte er mir wundersame, farbenreiche Geschichten.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating
Type: kshetra
Listener: Implied audience; within the recollection, the listener is Lomaharṣaṇa himself receiving Vatsa’s kathā
Scene: After a day of service, the humble attendant sits near the teacher at night; lamplight and firelight illuminate faces as wondrous stories are told.
FAQs
Humble service becomes a doorway to sacred knowledge; through śuśrūṣā one becomes fit to receive purāṇic kathā.
The verse indicates tīrtha-related storytelling but does not name a site; it frames how māhātmya is transmitted.
No formal rite; it highlights disciplined service and listening to kathā as a devotional practice.