Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15
ब्रुवाणमेवं देवं तु नारदः प्रत्युवाच ह । तथाहं तु करिष्यामि यथा श्रद्धास्यते भवान्
bruvāṇamevaṃ devaṃ tu nāradaḥ pratyuvāca ha | tathāhaṃ tu kariṣyāmi yathā śraddhāsyate bhavān
Ainsi parla le Seigneur, et Nārada répondit : «Fort bien — j’agirai de telle sorte que Tu croiras avec foi».
Narrator (reporting Nārada’s reply)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Kṛṣṇa (listener to Nārada’s reply); Purāṇic audience as secondary listener
Scene: Nārada, poised and confident, replies to Kṛṣṇa with a vow-like assurance; Kṛṣṇa remains composed. The moment foreshadows an enacted proof, with the sacred coastal horizon behind them.
FAQs
True teaching often includes demonstration; doubts can be resolved through clear evidence and experience.
The wider unit is Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya; this verse is part of the Dvārakā-linked narrative leading through Prabhāsa tradition.
None; it is a narrative vow to prove a point.