Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4
एतद्विस्तरतस्तात कथयस्व ममानघ । शृण्वतश्च न तृप्तिर्मे कथामृतमनुत्तमम्
etadvistaratastāta kathayasva mamānagha | śṛṇvataśca na tṛptirme kathāmṛtamanuttamam
ឱព្រះបិតា ឱអ្នកគ្មានមន្ទិល សូមប្រាប់ខ្ញុំដោយលម្អិត។ ទោះខ្ញុំស្តាប់ក៏មិនឆ្អែតចិត្តឡើយ ព្រោះអម្រឹតនៃរឿងធម៌ដ៏អស្ចារ្យនេះ មិនដែលធ្វើឲ្យខ្ញុំស្កប់ស្កល់។
Yudhiṣṭhira (to Mārkaṇḍeya)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya (addressed as tāta/anagha)
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira, eager and unsated, implores the sage to narrate in full detail; the atmosphere is intimate, reverent, and charged with devotional listening.
FAQs
Eager listening to sacred narrative (kathā-śravaṇa) is itself devotional discipline and a purifier of the heart.
Kuṇḍaleśvara is the subject whose māhātmya story is being requested in detail.
Śravaṇa (listening) and detailed kathā recitation are upheld as spiritually beneficial practices.