Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
ईश्वर उवाच । अत्रैवोदाहरंतीममितिहासं पुरातनम् । नाभागस्य च संवादमापस्तंबतपोनिधेः
īśvara uvāca | atraivodāharaṃtīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam | nābhāgasya ca saṃvādamāpastaṃbataponidheḥ
Īśvara sprach: Eben hier will ich eine uralte heilige Überlieferung anführen—den Dialog zwischen Nābhāga und Āpastamba, jenem Schatzhaus der Askese.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (frame) / Devikā (foreshadowed)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: Īśvara begins teaching, announcing an ancient account: the dialogue of Nābhāga with the ascetic Āpastamba; the scene shifts from present-frame to story-within-story.
FAQs
Purāṇic teaching is anchored in itihāsa: ancient exemplars are cited to explain dharma and spiritual fruits.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, as the setting for Śiva’s explanation in the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.
None directly; the verse introduces a didactic narrative about tapas and dharma.