Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12
भीष्म उवाच । उपपन्नमिदं विष्णो यत्त्वया व्याहृतं वचः । परं शृणुष्व मे वाक्यं यदर्थं ह्युत्सुका वयम्
bhīṣma uvāca | upapannamidaṃ viṣṇo yattvayā vyāhṛtaṃ vacaḥ | paraṃ śṛṇuṣva me vākyaṃ yadarthaṃ hyutsukā vayam
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Bhīṣma
Listener: (audience of the narration)
Scene: Bhīṣma, venerable and composed, acknowledges Vāsudeva’s words as fitting and requests attention to explain their true eagerness.
FAQs
Dharma is clarified through humble inquiry: even elders like Bhīṣma seek to state their purpose openly before the Lord.
The inquiry unfolds within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Adhyāya 73 tīrtha narrative; the site’s greatness is revealed through the ensuing explanation.
None; this verse introduces Bhīṣma’s question and motive.