Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
तस्योत्पत्तिं प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणुष्वैकमनाः प्रिये । सृजतो ब्रह्मणः पूर्वं भूतग्रामं चतुर्विधम्
tasyotpattiṃ pravakṣyāmi śṛṇuṣvaikamanāḥ priye | sṛjato brahmaṇaḥ pūrvaṃ bhūtagrāmaṃ caturvidham
Ich will seinen Ursprung darlegen—höre mit einspitzigem Geist, Geliebte. Einst, als Brahmā die vierfache Schar der Wesen erschuf…
Īśvara (Śiva)
Listener: Devī (priye)
Scene: Śiva begins an origin tale to Devī: behind them, a visionary tableau of Brahmā creating beings—fourfold groups emerging—superimposed over the Sarasvatī-bank landscape, indicating mythic time layered onto place.
FAQs
Māhātmya is rooted in sacred origins: tīrthas and divine manifestations are explained through cosmic and dharmic history.
The ‘previously mentioned’ Brahmā-worshipped site on the Sarasvatī bank in Prabhāsa Kṣetra; its origin is about to be narrated.
No rite is prescribed here; it introduces an origin narration and calls for attentive listening (śravaṇa).