Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
ऋषय ऊचुः । कथं तेन जितः सौरी रोहिणीशकटं च यत् । भिंदानस्तोषितस्तेन कथं नारायणो वद
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | kathaṃ tena jitaḥ saurī rohiṇīśakaṭaṃ ca yat | bhiṃdānastoṣitastena kathaṃ nārāyaṇo vada
ഋഷിമാർ പറഞ്ഞു—അവൻ ശൗരീ (ശനൈശ്ചരൻ)യെ എങ്ങനെ ജയിച്ചു? ‘രോഹിണീ-ശകടം’ എങ്ങനെ തകർത്തു? കൂടാതെ നാരായണനെ എങ്ങനെ പ്രസാദിപ്പിച്ചു? പറയുക।
Ṛṣis (Sages)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: A circle of sages seated in a forest-āśrama, questioning the narrator about how Śanaiścara was ‘conquered’, how the Rohiṇī-cart was shattered, and how Nārāyaṇa was pleased—setting up a dramatic kathā reveal.
FAQs
The Purāṇa frames cosmic omens and planetary forces as ultimately navigable through dharma, devotion, and proper sacred action.
The ongoing narrative context is the same tīrtha-region of Adhyāya 96; this verse functions as a transition into the explanatory episode rather than naming a new site.
None directly; it is an inquiry seeking the account of actions by which Nārāyaṇa was pleased and adversity was overcome.