Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13
अथवा बहुनोक्तेन किं स्तवेन तव प्रभो । समासादेव वक्ष्यामि विभूतिं श्रुतिनोदिताम्
athavā bahunoktena kiṃ stavena tava prabho | samāsādeva vakṣyāmi vibhūtiṃ śrutinoditām
O bien—¿para qué sirve alabarte largamente, oh Señor? Diré en breve Tu majestad, tal como la proclaman los Vedas.
Viśvāmitra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sage pauses mid-hymn, gestures toward a palm-leaf manuscript labeled ‘Śruti’; the atmosphere becomes didactic and focused, as if preparing a concise doctrinal proclamation.
FAQs
Purāṇic devotion is aligned with Vedic testimony; concise truth can be more potent than lengthy rhetoric.
Not specified in this verse; it introduces a summary of divine pervasion that supports the chapter’s tīrtha framework.
None.
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