Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
मुनीना वचनं श्रुत्वा सूतः पौराणिकोत्तमः । प्रणम्य शिरसा प्राह व्यासं सत्यवतीसुतम्
munīnā vacanaṃ śrutvā sūtaḥ paurāṇikottamaḥ | praṇamya śirasā prāha vyāsaṃ satyavatīsutam
Als er die Worte der Weisen vernahm, verneigte sich Sūta — der Vornehmste unter den Erzählern purānischer Überlieferung — mit gesenktem Haupt und wandte sich an Vyāsa, den Sohn Satyavatīs.
Narrator (contextual framing before Sūta’s speech)
Tirtha: Naimiṣāraṇya (frame) / Prabhāsa (topic)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Vyāsa (Satyavatī-suta) and the sages as audience
Scene: Sūta Romaharṣaṇa, palms joined, bowing with head lowered, then speaking toward Vyāsa seated as venerable compiler-sage; sages witness the exchange.
FAQs
Sacred teaching begins with humility—honoring sages and the guru-lineage (Vyāsa) before narrating a māhātmya.
The broader context is Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), whose greatness is about to be narrated.
No explicit rite is prescribed; the implied dharma is reverential bowing (praṇāma) before sacred discourse.