Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23
देव्युवाच । आश्चर्यं देवदेवेश यत्त्वया कथितं प्रभो । पूर्वोक्तानि च नामानि न स्मरंति च मे कथम्
devyuvāca | āścaryaṃ devadeveśa yattvayā kathitaṃ prabho | pūrvoktāni ca nāmāni na smaraṃti ca me katham
The Goddess said: “Marvelous indeed, O Lord of the gods, what you have spoken, O Master. But how is it that the Names you previously uttered do not arise in my memory?”
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Lord (Devadeveśa)
Scene: Devī, astonished, with folded hands, asks the Lord why previously spoken names do not remain in her memory; the setting hints at Prabhāsa’s sanctified atmosphere.
FAQs
Even exalted beings inquire humbly; sacred knowledge is received through questioning and grace, not mere status.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, as the wider narrative context of this Śiva–Devī dialogue within its māhātmya.
None explicitly; the verse models śravaṇa (listening) and praśna (reverent inquiry) as devotional disciplines.