Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
ईश्वर उवाच । तस्मिन्नर्थे महादेवि यद्वृत्तं चौत्तमेंऽतरे । कथयिष्यामि तत्सर्वं शिवमाहात्म्यसूचकम्
īśvara uvāca | tasminnarthe mahādevi yadvṛttaṃ cauttameṃ'tare | kathayiṣyāmi tatsarvaṃ śivamāhātmyasūcakam
Īśvara dit : À ce sujet, ô Grande Déesse, et quant à ce qui advint en cet intervalle d’excellence, je te dirai tout—un récit qui révèle la grandeur de Śiva.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) begins a sacred narration to Devī, seated in a serene divine setting; the moment is an invocation of story as revelation.
FAQs
The coming story is explicitly framed as Śiva-māhātmya—teaching devotion and divine grace through a tīrtha-anchored narrative.
The immediate narrative trajectory is toward Kuberasthāna within Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
None in this verse; it functions as a transition into the detailed account.