Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 2
व्यास उवाच । अथाहुर्मुनयः सूतं नैमिषारण्यवासिनः । अरुणाचलमाहात्म्यं त्वत्तः शुश्रूषवो वयम्
vyāsa uvāca | athāhurmunayaḥ sūtaṃ naimiṣāraṇyavāsinaḥ | aruṇācalamāhātmyaṃ tvattaḥ śuśrūṣavo vayam
വ്യാസൻ പറഞ്ഞു—അപ്പോൾ നൈമിഷാരണ്യവാസികളായ മുനിമാർ സൂതനോട് പറഞ്ഞു: ‘നിങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് ഞങ്ങൾ അരുണാചലമാഹാത്മ്യം—ആ പവിത്ര മഹിമ—ശ്രവണം ചെയ്യാൻ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നു।’
Vyāsa
Tirtha: Aruṇācala (requested) / Naimiṣāraṇya (frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūta
Scene: Forest hermitage of Naimiṣa: sages seated in a circle around Sūta; Vyāsa is named as speaker; atmosphere of inquiry as they request Aruṇācala-māhātmya.
FAQs
Reverent listening (śravaṇa) to a sacred site’s māhātmya is presented as a dharmic doorway into its spiritual power and merit.
Aruṇācala (Arunachala), a celebrated Śaiva kṣetra whose greatness is about to be narrated.
No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse emphasizes śravaṇa—seeking to hear the māhātmya from an authoritative narrator (Sūta).