Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1
सूत उवाच । एतत्पुराणमखिलं पुरा स्कन्देनभाषितम् । भृगवे ब्रह्मपुत्राय तस्माल्लेभे तथांगिराः
sūta uvāca | etatpurāṇamakhilaṃ purā skandenabhāṣitam | bhṛgave brahmaputrāya tasmāllebhe tathāṃgirāḥ
സൂതൻ പറഞ്ഞു— പുരാതനകാലത്ത് സ്കന്ദൻ ബ്രഹ്മപുത്രനായ ഭൃഗുവിനോട് ഈ സമഗ്രപുരാണം പ്രസ്താവിച്ചു; അവനിൽ നിന്നുതന്നെ അങ്കിരസും ഇതു ലഭിച്ചു.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta narrator)
Scene: Sūta in a forest assembly (Naimiṣa-like), recounting how Skanda taught Bhṛgu; a subtle vision of Skanda as divine youth teaching sages; layered narrative frame.
FAQs
Sacred knowledge is preserved through paramparā (lineage), grounding the Purāṇa’s authority in revered transmitters.
No single tīrtha is named; the verse introduces textual lineage rather than a location.
Implicitly, purāṇa-śravaṇa/recitation is validated by naming the authoritative lineage; no specific rite is detailed.