Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27
अत्र कौतूहलं जातमश्रद्धेयं वचस्तथा । श्रुत्वा श्रद्धेयवाक्यस्य तस्मात्सत्यं प्रकीर्तय
atra kautūhalaṃ jātamaśraddheyaṃ vacastathā | śrutvā śraddheyavākyasya tasmātsatyaṃ prakīrtaya
Hier ist große Neugier entstanden, und auch deine Worte scheinen schwer zu glauben. Darum, nachdem du die Rede dessen gehört hast, dessen Wort vertrauenswürdig ist, verkünde die Wahrheit klar.
An unnamed listener (likely a sage/interlocutor)
Listener: Trustworthy brāhmaṇa narrator (āpta)
Scene: The questioner admits curiosity and disbelief, then requests the trustworthy speaker to declare the truth plainly; a moment of earnest seriousness replaces earlier wonder.
FAQs
Doubt can be resolved through satya (truthful clarification) spoken by an āpta (trustworthy authority).
No site is named; the verse focuses on epistemic trust within Mahātmya narration.
None; it is a request for truthful explanation.