Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
अत्र गाथा पुरा गीता वसिष्ठेन महर्षिणा । वामनस्वामिनं दृष्ट्वा तां शृणुष्व समाहिता
atra gāthā purā gītā vasiṣṭhena maharṣiṇā | vāmanasvāminaṃ dṛṣṭvā tāṃ śṛṇuṣva samāhitā
Hierzu wurde einst von dem großen Weisen Vasiṣṭha, nachdem er den Herrn Vāmanasvāmin erblickt hatte, eine alte Gāthā gesungen. Höre sie mit gesammelt ruhigem Geist.
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Vāmanasvāmin-darśana (Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: The addressed listener urged to hear attentively (likely the same ‘varārohe’ interlocutor)
Scene: Sage Vasiṣṭha, radiant and composed, stands before Vāmanasvāmin’s icon; he sings an ancient gāthā while listeners sit in attentive silence, hands folded, in a temple courtyard lit by lamps.
FAQs
Purāṇic authority is reinforced through sages’ testimony; attentive listening to such praise is itself a devotional practice.
The Vāmanasvāmin/Viṣṇu-footprint tīrtha context within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya.
A devotional instruction: to listen attentively to the sacred gāthā (śravaṇa).