Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
मुनीना वचनं श्रुत्वा सूतः पौराणिकोत्तमः । प्रणम्य शिरसा प्राह व्यासं सत्यवतीसुतम्
munīnā vacanaṃ śrutvā sūtaḥ paurāṇikottamaḥ | praṇamya śirasā prāha vyāsaṃ satyavatīsutam
Hearing the sages’ words, Sūta—the foremost narrator of Purāṇic lore—bowed his head in reverence and addressed Vyāsa, the son of Satyavatī.
Narrator (contextual framing before Sūta’s speech)
Tirtha: Naimiṣāraṇya (frame) / Prabhāsa (topic)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Vyāsa (Satyavatī-suta) and the sages as audience
Scene: Sūta Romaharṣaṇa, palms joined, bowing with head lowered, then speaking toward Vyāsa seated as venerable compiler-sage; sages witness the exchange.
FAQs
Sacred teaching begins with humility—honoring sages and the guru-lineage (Vyāsa) before narrating a māhātmya.
The broader context is Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), whose greatness is about to be narrated.
No explicit rite is prescribed; the implied dharma is reverential bowing (praṇāma) before sacred discourse.