Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 1
व्यास उवाच । भगवन्ब्रूहि तत्त्वेन कथं निर्बंधतो मुनिः । विश्वामित्रो निजं शिष्यं कौत्सं क्रोधेन तादृशम्
vyāsa uvāca | bhagavanbrūhi tattvena kathaṃ nirbaṃdhato muniḥ | viśvāmitro nijaṃ śiṣyaṃ kautsaṃ krodhena tādṛśam
ヴィヤーサは言った。「尊き御方よ、真実のままにお語りください。いかにして聖仙ヴィシュヴァーミトラは怒りにより、己が弟子カウツァをあれほど執拗に迫ったのですか。」
Vyāsa
Tirtha: Ayodhyā (frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya
Scene: Vyāsa, composed yet inquisitive, addresses Agastya with folded hands; behind them, an ashram grove with deer, water pot, and manuscripts; the question foreshadows a dramatic scene of Viśvāmitra pressing Kautsa.
FAQs
Scriptural learning begins with sincere inquiry—asking for the true reason behind actions to understand dharma deeply.
The chapter belongs to Ayodhyā Māhātmya, but this opening verse is a narrative question rather than a site-description.
None; it introduces a doctrinal/narrative clarification request.