Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10
दृष्ट्वा विस्मयमापन्नाः सर्वे किमिति चाब्रुवन् । ततः कश्चिदुवाचेदं ब्राह्मणो गुणवानजः
dṛṣṭvā vismayamāpannāḥ sarve kimiti cābruvan | tataḥ kaściduvācedaṃ brāhmaṇo guṇavānajaḥ
അതു കണ്ടു എല്ലാവരും വിസ്മയത്തിലായി “ഇതെന്ത്?” എന്നു ചോദിച്ചു. പിന്നെ ഗുണവാനായ വൃദ്ധ ബ്രാഹ്മണൻ ഈ വാക്കുകൾ പറഞ്ഞു.
Narrator (introducing a brāhmaṇa speaker)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha milieu
Type: kshetra
Scene: A riverside or sacrificial courtyard crowded with brāhmaṇas; all turn in astonishment toward an unseen marvel; an aged, dignified brāhmaṇa rises to speak, hand raised in explanation.
FAQs
When dharma is confused by extraordinary events, the tradition turns to learned, virtuous teachers for interpretation.
The Revā-kṣetra milieu of the Skanda Purāṇa’s Revā Khaṇḍa.
None directly; the verse sets up a dharma-explanation discourse.