Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
तं दृष्ट्वा तेजसा युक्तं संहृष्टाः सुरसत्तमाः । ऊचुस्ते लोकस्रष्टारं शृणुष्व वचनं हि नः
taṃ dṛṣṭvā tejasā yuktaṃ saṃhṛṣṭāḥ surasattamāḥ | ūcuste lokasraṣṭāraṃ śṛṇuṣva vacanaṃ hi naḥ
उसे तेज से युक्त देखकर देवश्रेष्ठ हर्षित हो गए। उन्होंने लोकस्रष्टा से कहा—“हमारी बात सुनिए।”
Narrator (introducing the speech of the devas to Brahmā)
Listener: Lokasraṣṭā (Brahmā)
Scene: A radiant cosmic figure (Lokasraṣṭā/Brahmā) is approached by delighted devas who fold hands and request him to listen; a luminous, court-like celestial setting.
FAQs
Purāṇic teachings often unfold through divine dialogue, presenting tīrtha-glories as authoritative counsel from the devas.
The immediate context is Brahmā’s tīrtha complex (Brahmakuṇḍa/Mūlasthāna) in Dvārakā Māhātmya.
None in this verse; it introduces the devas’ forthcoming instruction.