Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 68
व्यास उवाच । भगवन्किं प्रभावोऽसौ योऽयं विष्णुहरिस्त्वया । कीर्तितो मुनिशार्दूल प्रसिद्धिं गतवान्कथम् । एतत्सर्वं समाचक्ष्व विस्तरेण ममाग्रतः
vyāsa uvāca | bhagavankiṃ prabhāvo'sau yo'yaṃ viṣṇuharistvayā | kīrtito muniśārdūla prasiddhiṃ gatavānkatham | etatsarvaṃ samācakṣva vistareṇa mamāgrataḥ
Vyāsa sprach: O Ehrwürdiger, welche Wirkkraft hat dieser „Viṣṇu-Hari“, von dem du gesprochen hast, o Tiger unter den Weisen? Wie gelangte er zu Ruhm? Berichte mir dies alles ausführlich, hier vor mir.
Vyāsa
Tirtha: Viṣṇu-Hari (Ayodhyā)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya
Scene: Vyāsa, seated with palm-leaf manuscript, respectfully questions Agastya about the potency and renown of ‘Viṣṇu-Hari’; the setting suggests an āśrama near a sacred landscape.
FAQs
Right understanding begins with inquiry: the Purāṇic method encourages asking about a deity’s prabhāva and the causes of sanctity and fame.
The question arises within Ayodhyāmāhātmya, pointing to a celebrated sacred presence called Viṣṇu-Hari connected with Ayodhyā.
None; it is a narrative prompt requesting the sacred history and glory.