Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
पुलस्त्य उवाच । सत्यमेतन्महाराज यन्नोऽत्र परिपृच्छसि । शृणुष्वावहितो भूत्वा यथा जातं श्रुतं तु वै
pulastya uvāca | satyametanmahārāja yanno'tra paripṛcchasi | śṛṇuṣvāvahito bhūtvā yathā jātaṃ śrutaṃ tu vai
പുലസ്ത്യൻ പറഞ്ഞു— ഹേ മഹാരാജാ! നീ ഇവിടെ ചോദിക്കുന്നതു തീർച്ചയായും സത്യമാണ്. ശ്രദ്ധയോടെ കേൾക്കുക; സംഭവിച്ചതുപോലെയും കേട്ടതുപോലെയും ഞാൻ വിവരിക്കും.
Pulastya
Tirtha: null
Type: null
Listener: Yayāti
Scene: Pulastya reassures Yayāti and begins the account, raising a hand in teaching gesture; the atmosphere is calm, authoritative, and ritual-like.
FAQs
Sacred knowledge is received through attentive listening and respectful dialogue; tīrtha-māhātmya is preserved by faithful transmission.
Kedāra is the implied focus, as Pulastya prepares to narrate its origin and wonder.
Attentive śravaṇa (listening) as the proper mode to receive the māhātmya narration.