Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 12
श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच । शृण्वन्तु ऋषयः सर्वे त्वया सह नरेश्वर । महत्पुराणं पूर्वोक्तं शंभुना वायुदैवते
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca | śṛṇvantu ṛṣayaḥ sarve tvayā saha nareśvara | mahatpurāṇaṃ pūrvoktaṃ śaṃbhunā vāyudaivate
ព្រះមារកណ្ឌេយៈមានព្រះវាចា៖ សូមឲ្យឥសីទាំងអស់ស្តាប់ជាមួយព្រះអង្គ ឱ ព្រះរាជានរេស្វរ។ មហាបុរាណនេះ កាលពីបុរាណ ព្រះសម្ភូបានប្រកាសដល់ព្រះវាយុទេវតាដ៏ទិព្វ។
Mārkaṇḍeya
Listener: Nareśvara (king) with assembled ṛṣis
Scene: A forest hermitage assembly: Mārkaṇḍeya seated on kuśa grass, addressing a king and gathered ṛṣis; a subtle divine presence indicating Śambhu’s earlier proclamation to Vāyu.
FAQs
Sacred knowledge is preserved through a divine-to-sage lineage, grounding Purāṇic teaching in Śiva’s authority.
No particular tīrtha is named here; the verse establishes the authority and origin of the Purāṇa within the Revā Khaṇḍa context.
The implied practice is śravaṇa (devout listening) to Purāṇic recitation, praised as a meritorious act.