Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1
सूत उवाच । अथ श्रुत्वा महानादं वाद्यानां समुपस्थितम् । नारदः सम्मुखः प्रायाज्ज्ञात्वा च जननीं निजाम्
sūta uvāca | atha śrutvā mahānādaṃ vādyānāṃ samupasthitam | nāradaḥ sammukhaḥ prāyājjñātvā ca jananīṃ nijām
Sūta dit : Alors, entendant le puissant fracas des instruments rassemblés en ce lieu, Nārada s’avança droit devant—reconnaissant sa propre mère.
Sūta
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (frame implied)
Scene: Nārada, with vīṇā, strides toward a gathering where drums and instruments resound; ahead stands his mother among celestial women near a yajña pavilion.
FAQs
Sacred events awaken deep personal duties; recognition of one’s origins and relationships can become part of a dharmic turning-point.
The ongoing narrative context is the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa.
None; it introduces the scene marked by the sound of instruments connected with the yajña gathering.