Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13
सूत उवाच अत्र वः कीर्तयिष्यामि स्वयमेव मया श्रुतम् । वदतस्तत्समुद्दिश्य यद्वत्सस्य महात्मनः
sūta uvāca atra vaḥ kīrtayiṣyāmi svayameva mayā śrutam | vadatastatsamuddiśya yadvatsasya mahātmanaḥ
Sūta said: “Here I shall recount to you what I myself have heard—words spoken with reference to that great-souled one, the son of Yadvatsa.”
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa)
Listener: Unnamed audience (ṛṣis/śrotṛ-gaṇa implied)
Scene: A seated Sūta in a forest-āśrama or sabhā-like setting begins a sacred narration to attentive listeners, gesturing with one hand as if invoking memory of what he heard about a great sage/hero.
FAQs
Purāṇic authority is reinforced through lineage of transmission—Sūta narrates what he has directly heard within a sacred tradition.
The verse functions as a narrative bridge within the same Adhyāya 29 tīrtha account (Siddheśvara/Hāṭakeśvara context).
None; it introduces an explanatory narrative that follows.
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