Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13
सूत उवाच अत्र वः कीर्तयिष्यामि स्वयमेव मया श्रुतम् । वदतस्तत्समुद्दिश्य यद्वत्सस्य महात्मनः
sūta uvāca atra vaḥ kīrtayiṣyāmi svayameva mayā śrutam | vadatastatsamuddiśya yadvatsasya mahātmanaḥ
スータは言った。「ここに、私自身が聞いたことを汝らに語ろう——それは、ヤドヴァツァの子であるあの大いなる魂を指して語られた言葉である。」
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa)
Listener: Unnamed audience (ṛṣis/śrotṛ-gaṇa implied)
Scene: A seated Sūta in a forest-āśrama or sabhā-like setting begins a sacred narration to attentive listeners, gesturing with one hand as if invoking memory of what he heard about a great sage/hero.
FAQs
Purāṇic authority is reinforced through lineage of transmission—Sūta narrates what he has directly heard within a sacred tradition.
The verse functions as a narrative bridge within the same Adhyāya 29 tīrtha account (Siddheśvara/Hāṭakeśvara context).
None; it introduces an explanatory narrative that follows.