Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 34
अर्जुन उवाच । यदि नारद देवर्षे प्रविष्टोऽसि हुताशनम् । जीवितस्तत्कथं भूय आश्चर्यमिति मे वद
arjuna uvāca | yadi nārada devarṣe praviṣṭo'si hutāśanam | jīvitastatkathaṃ bhūya āścaryamiti me vada
अर्जुन ने कहा—हे नारद देवर्षि! यदि तुम अग्नि में प्रविष्ट हुए थे, तो फिर जीवित कैसे हो? इस आश्चर्य को मुझे फिर से बताओ।
Arjuna
Listener: Nārada
Scene: Arjuna, alert and astonished, questions Nārada about entering a blazing fire and surviving; Nārada stands serene, veena in hand, with flames stylized behind or beside him.
FAQs
True tapas and divine grace can transcend ordinary fear of elements; inquiry (praśna) is honored in dharma narratives.
No site is mentioned in this verse; it is an inquiry within a broader tīrtha-oriented discourse.
None; the verse is a question about the yogic/divine possibility of surviving fire.