Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13
आनर्त उवाच । कस्मिन्काले तु ते विप्राः शक्रे णात्र प्रतिष्ठिताः । किमर्थं च वदास्माकं विस्तरेण महामते
ānarta uvāca | kasminkāle tu te viprāḥ śakre ṇātra pratiṣṭhitāḥ | kimarthaṃ ca vadāsmākaṃ vistareṇa mahāmate
ആനർത്തൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ശക്രൻ ഇവിടെ ആ ബ്രാഹ്മണരെ ഏത് കാലത്ത് സ്ഥാപിച്ചു? എന്ത് കാരണത്താൽ? ഹേ മഹാമതേ, ഞങ്ങൾക്ക് വിശദമായി പറയുക।
Ānarta
Listener: Viśvāmitra
Scene: Ānarta leans forward in respectful inquiry before Viśvāmitra, requesting the full account—an origin-story threshold moment with attentive disciples around.
FAQs
Sacred history is preserved through inquiry and detailed transmission, linking community identity to divine acts.
The verse says ‘here’ (atra) but does not name a specific tīrtha in the line provided.
None; it requests an explanation of an earlier ‘pratiṣṭhā’ (establishment) by Śakra.