Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 33
सूत उवाच । इति प्रवर्णितां श्रुत्वा भीमसेनेन भारतीम् । पटीमिव प्रविततां विहस्याह युधिष्ठिरः
sūta uvāca | iti pravarṇitāṃ śrutvā bhīmasenena bhāratīm | paṭīmiva pravitatāṃ vihasyāha yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
സൂതൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഭീമസേനൻ ഇങ്ങനെ വിശദമായി പറഞ്ഞ വാക്കുകൾ, വസ്ത്രംപോലെ വിരിഞ്ഞതായി കേട്ട് യുധിഷ്ഠിരൻ പുഞ്ചിരിയോടെ പറഞ്ഞു।
Sūta
Tirtha: Naimiṣāraṇya (frame, implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and the assembled sages
Scene: Sūta narrates: Yudhiṣṭhira smiles after hearing Bhīma’s long, cloth-like spread of words—suggesting witty, expansive speech and a gentle royal response.
FAQs
It frames the teaching as a narrated dialogue, highlighting reflective listening and measured response.
No tīrtha is mentioned in this narrative transition verse.
None; this verse functions as narration and scene-setting.