Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22
न नास्तिके कथां पुण्यामिमां ब्रूयात्कदाचन । श्रद्दधानाय शान्ताय कीर्तनीया द्विजातये
na nāstike kathāṃ puṇyāmimāṃ brūyātkadācana | śraddadhānāya śāntāya kīrtanīyā dvijātaye
ഈ പുണ്യകഥ നാസ്തികനോട് ഒരിക്കലും പറയരുത്; ശ്രദ്ധയുള്ള, ശാന്തസ്വഭാവമുള്ള, ദ്വിജനായ യോഗ്യ ശ്രോതാവിനേ ഇത് കീർത്തിക്കണം.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: प्रभासक्षेत्र
Type: kshetra
Listener: ऋषयः
Scene: कथावाचकः श्रोतृमण्डलीं परीक्षते—श्रद्धालवः शान्ताः अग्रे उपविष्टाः; एकः नास्तिक-रूपः दूरं निरस्तः; पृष्ठभूमौ प्रभास-तीर-चिह्न
FAQs
Sacred teachings are to be transmitted responsibly—faith and serenity are presented as key qualifications for receiving Māhātmya.
Prabhāsakṣetra is the context; the verse sets rules for sharing its Māhātmya.
A prescription about recitation (kīrtana): recite the narrative only to qualified, faith-filled listeners.