Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17
सूत उवाच । इदमेव पुराणेऽस्मिन्पुराणपुरुषस्तदा । यदुक्तवान्स विश्वात्मा मनवे तन्निबोधत
sūta uvāca | idameva purāṇe'sminpurāṇapuruṣastadā | yaduktavānsa viśvātmā manave tannibodhata
સૂતે કહ્યું—આ જ પુરાણમાં પૂર્વકાળે પુરાણપુરુષ, વિશ્વાત્માએ મનુને જે કહ્યું હતું, તે સાંભળો અને સમજો।
Sūta
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: Two-layer tableau: foreground Sūta speaking to sages; background visionary vignette of Purāṇa-Puruṣa (cosmic, radiant) instructing Manu seated in contemplation.
FAQs
Purāṇic wisdom is sanctified by divine-cosmic authority and is transmitted through ancient lawgivers like Manu for the guidance of humanity.
The setting remains Prabhāsa-kṣetra, but this verse establishes doctrinal authority rather than describing a tīrtha.
None; it introduces a forthcoming exposition.