Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22
राजर्षीणां पुराणानां देवदानवरक्षसाम् । द्वीपानां पर्वतानां च स्वयं दृष्ट्वा सहस्रशः
rājarṣīṇāṃ purāṇānāṃ devadānavarakṣasām | dvīpānāṃ parvatānāṃ ca svayaṃ dṛṣṭvā sahasraśaḥ
(Er sprach) von königlichen ṛṣis und den uralten Purāṇas; von Göttern, dānavas und rākṣasas; und von Inselkontinenten (dvīpas) und Bergen—Dingen, die er selbst geschaut hatte, zu Tausenden.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), continuing narration about Vatsa’s accounts
Type: peak
Listener: Lomaharṣaṇa (as recipient within the recollection); implied wider audience of the Purāṇa frame
Scene: A storyteller evokes vast worlds: royal sages, gods and demons, and countless islands and mountains—visions unfolding in the listener’s mind as if witnessed.
FAQs
Purāṇic wisdom connects dharma with sacred geography and cosmic history, expanding devotion beyond the household into the whole world-order.
No single tīrtha is identified; the verse gestures to a wide sacred landscape (dvīpas and mountains) typical of māhātmya literature.
None; it describes the breadth and authority of the sage’s eyewitness narratives.