Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
तान्दृष्ट्वा विस्मयाविष्टो मुक्त्वा वीणां प्रयत्नतः । पप्रच्छ देवं ब्रह्माणं किमिदं कौतुकं विभो
tāndṛṣṭvā vismayāviṣṭo muktvā vīṇāṃ prayatnataḥ | papraccha devaṃ brahmāṇaṃ kimidaṃ kautukaṃ vibho
उन्हें देखकर विस्मय से भर गए नारद ने सावधानी से वीणा रख दी और देव ब्रह्मा से पूछा—“हे विभो, यह कैसा अद्भुत कौतुक है?”
Īśvara (Śiva) (narrating)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (foreshadowed)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (frame typical)
Scene: Nārada, astonished, gently sets aside his vīṇā and turns toward four-faced Brahmā, palms joined, asking about a wondrous event; subtle aura around unseen ‘notes’ hints at personified svaras.
FAQs
Reverent inquiry before the divine (praśna) is upheld as a path to understanding sacred order and dharma.
The ongoing narrative serves the Nāradeśvara Māhātmya within Prabhāsakṣetra.
None; it narrates the moment of questioning that leads to the forthcoming explanation.