Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 3
अर्जुन उवाच । बाल्यात्प्रभृति संदेहो ममायं हृदि वर्तते । पृच्छतस्तं च मे विप्र न क्रोधं कर्तुमर्हसि
arjuna uvāca | bālyātprabhṛti saṃdeho mamāyaṃ hṛdi vartate | pṛcchatastaṃ ca me vipra na krodhaṃ kartumarhasi
अर्जुन बोले—बाल्यकाल से यह संदेह मेरे हृदय में बना हुआ है। हे विप्र, मैं जो इसे पूछ रहा हूँ, आप क्रोध करने योग्य नहीं हैं।
Arjuna (Pārtha)
Listener: Nārada
Scene: Arjuna, hands folded, addresses Nārada with humility, confessing a childhood doubt and requesting calm instruction; Nārada listens serenely, vīṇā resting at his side.
FAQs
Dharma is approached through humility and sincere inquiry; respectful questioning is itself a virtue in Purāṇic pedagogy.
No site is named in this verse; it sets up a teaching dialogue likely connected to the preceding sacred-place context.
None; the verse is a narrative transition introducing Arjuna’s doubt and request for instruction.