Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
यदेतन्नारदेनोक्तं सत्यमत्र तु किं भवेत् । एवं च श्रूयते लोके चापल्यं स्त्रीषु विद्यते । श्लोकाविमौ पुरा गीतौ चित्तज्ञैर्योषितां द्विजैः
yadetannāradenoktaṃ satyamatra tu kiṃ bhavet | evaṃ ca śrūyate loke cāpalyaṃ strīṣu vidyate | ślokāvimau purā gītau cittajñairyoṣitāṃ dvijaiḥ
«Ce que Nārada a dit ici serait-il donc vrai ? Pourtant, dans le monde, on entend que l’inconstance se trouve chez les femmes. Oui, ces deux ślokas furent jadis chantés par des brāhmaṇas clairvoyants, connaissant les voies du cœur féminin.»
Keśava (Kṛṣṇa) (internal monologue/reflective speech in context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Implied audience within the kathā; immediate interlocutors are within the Prabhāsa narrative stream
Scene: A learned assembly at Prabhāsa: brāhmaṇas reciting old couplets; a questioning voice challenges Nārada’s statement; palm-leaf manuscripts and ritual fires suggest a tīrtha-sabhā.
FAQs
One should test claims with discernment while recognizing how worldly tendencies are described in traditional teachings.
The passage belongs to Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, though this verse is primarily reflective dialogue rather than direct tīrtha praise.
None; it introduces proverbial verses used for moral reflection.