Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7
एवमुक्तस्तु विप्रेन्द्रो धर्मपुत्रेण धीमता । उवाच मधुरां वाणीं तदा धर्मसुतं प्रति
evamuktastu viprendro dharmaputreṇa dhīmatā | uvāca madhurāṃ vāṇīṃ tadā dharmasutaṃ prati
ពេលដែលបុត្រនៃធម៌ដ៏មានប្រាជ្ញាបាននិយាយដូច្នោះ ព្រះព្រាហ្មណ៍ដ៏ប្រសើរបំផុត ក៏បានពោលពាក្យផ្អែមល្ហែម ដើម្បីឆ្លើយតបចំពោះបុត្រនៃធម៌នោះ។
Narrator (contextual; introduces Mārkaṇḍeya’s reply)
Listener: Audience; within scene, Yudhiṣṭhira is the listener to the sage
Scene: The sage begins speaking: calm hand gesture (vyākhyāna-mudrā), Yudhiṣṭhira attentive; the atmosphere is serene, signaling the start of sacred exposition.
FAQs
Sacred knowledge is transmitted through respectful dialogue, where a sage responds with clarity and kindness.
None directly; it is a narrative bridge within the Jayavārāha/Narmadā tīrtha discourse.
None; it introduces the forthcoming explanation.