Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40
एतच्छ्रुत्वा महेन्द्रस्य वचनं मुनिसत्तमाः । बृहस्पतिरुवाचैनं महेन्द्रं देव संवृतम्
etacchrutvā mahendrasya vacanaṃ munisattamāḥ | bṛhaspatiruvācainaṃ mahendraṃ deva saṃvṛtam
Hearing these words of Mahendra, in the presence of the foremost sages, Bṛhaspati spoke to Mahendra, who was surrounded by the gods.
Unspecified narrator (introducing Bṛhaspati’s reply)
Scene: Bṛhaspati rises to speak in a celestial hall; Indra sits among assembled gods; sages form a semicircle. The moment captures the hush before revelation—hands in añjali, faces attentive.
FAQs
Authoritative teaching is framed as a public, dharma-oriented instruction given by a guru to leaders for the welfare of beings.
Dvārakā Māhātmya remains the context, though this verse primarily sets the scene for instruction.
None; it is a narrative transition into doctrinal explanation.