Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
ईश्वर उवाच । तस्मिन्नर्थे महादेवि यद्वृत्तं चौत्तमेंऽतरे । कथयिष्यामि तत्सर्वं शिवमाहात्म्यसूचकम्
īśvara uvāca | tasminnarthe mahādevi yadvṛttaṃ cauttameṃ'tare | kathayiṣyāmi tatsarvaṃ śivamāhātmyasūcakam
Īśvara bersabda: Wahai Mahādevī, mengenai perkara itu dan apa yang terjadi pada sela yang mulia itu, akan Kuceritakan semuanya—sebuah kisah suci yang menyingkap kemuliaan Śiva.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) begins a sacred narration to Devī, seated in a serene divine setting; the moment is an invocation of story as revelation.
FAQs
The coming story is explicitly framed as Śiva-māhātmya—teaching devotion and divine grace through a tīrtha-anchored narrative.
The immediate narrative trajectory is toward Kuberasthāna within Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
None in this verse; it functions as a transition into the detailed account.