Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ऋषय ऊचुः । कथितो भवता सर्गः प्रतिसर्गस्तथैव च । वंशानुवंशचरितं पुराणानामनुक्रमः
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | kathito bhavatā sargaḥ pratisargastathaiva ca | vaṃśānuvaṃśacaritaṃ purāṇānāmanukramaḥ
Die ṛṣis sprachen: Du hast die Schöpfung (sarga) und die Wiederschöpfung (pratisarga) erklärt, ebenso die Geschichten der Dynastien und Nebendynastien sowie die Reihenfolge der Purāṇas.
Ṛṣis (Sages)
Listener: ṛṣayaḥ (sages) speaking to the narrator
Scene: Forest hermitage assembly: sages respectfully address the narrator, acknowledging what has been told (creation, re-creation, dynasties, Purāṇa sequence) and preparing to ask for the next topic.
FAQs
Right inquiry (praśna) follows right listening: after cosmology and lineage, seekers turn toward tīrthas—Dharma embodied in place.
None yet; this is a transition into the forthcoming description of tīrthas, within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra narrative.
None; it is a formal request in a teaching dialogue.