Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 1
व्यास उवाच । भगवन्ब्रूहि तत्त्वेन कथं निर्बंधतो मुनिः । विश्वामित्रो निजं शिष्यं कौत्सं क्रोधेन तादृशम्
vyāsa uvāca | bhagavanbrūhi tattvena kathaṃ nirbaṃdhato muniḥ | viśvāmitro nijaṃ śiṣyaṃ kautsaṃ krodhena tādṛśam
Vyāsa sprach: O Ehrwürdiger, sage mir der Wahrheit gemäß — wie konnte der Weise Viśvāmitra im Zorn seinen eigenen Schüler Kautsa mit solcher Hartnäckigkeit bedrängen?
Vyāsa
Tirtha: Ayodhyā (frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya
Scene: Vyāsa, composed yet inquisitive, addresses Agastya with folded hands; behind them, an ashram grove with deer, water pot, and manuscripts; the question foreshadows a dramatic scene of Viśvāmitra pressing Kautsa.
FAQs
Scriptural learning begins with sincere inquiry—asking for the true reason behind actions to understand dharma deeply.
The chapter belongs to Ayodhyā Māhātmya, but this opening verse is a narrative question rather than a site-description.
None; it introduces a doctrinal/narrative clarification request.