Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 21
ततोऽहं विनयोपेतस्तस्य कृत्यानि कृत्स्नशः । करोमि स च मे रात्रौ चित्राः कीर्तयते कथाः
tato'haṃ vinayopetastasya kṛtyāni kṛtsnaśaḥ | karomi sa ca me rātrau citrāḥ kīrtayate kathāḥ
Alors, empreint d’humilité, j’accomplis intégralement toutes ses tâches. Et la nuit, il me racontait des récits merveilleux, pleins d’éclat.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating
Type: kshetra
Listener: Implied audience; within the recollection, the listener is Lomaharṣaṇa himself receiving Vatsa’s kathā
Scene: After a day of service, the humble attendant sits near the teacher at night; lamplight and firelight illuminate faces as wondrous stories are told.
FAQs
Humble service becomes a doorway to sacred knowledge; through śuśrūṣā one becomes fit to receive purāṇic kathā.
The verse indicates tīrtha-related storytelling but does not name a site; it frames how māhātmya is transmitted.
No formal rite; it highlights disciplined service and listening to kathā as a devotional practice.