Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
तान्दृष्ट्वा विस्मयाविष्टो मुक्त्वा वीणां प्रयत्नतः । पप्रच्छ देवं ब्रह्माणं किमिदं कौतुकं विभो
tāndṛṣṭvā vismayāviṣṭo muktvā vīṇāṃ prayatnataḥ | papraccha devaṃ brahmāṇaṃ kimidaṃ kautukaṃ vibho
അവരെ കണ്ടു വിസ്മയാവിഷ്ടനായ നാരദൻ പരിശ്രമത്തോടെ വീണയെ മാറ്റിവെച്ച് ദേവൻ ബ്രഹ്മാവിനോട് ചോദിച്ചു—“ഹേ വിഭോ, ഇതെന്ത് അത്ഭുത കൗതുകം?”
Īśvara (Śiva) (narrating)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (foreshadowed)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (frame typical)
Scene: Nārada, astonished, gently sets aside his vīṇā and turns toward four-faced Brahmā, palms joined, asking about a wondrous event; subtle aura around unseen ‘notes’ hints at personified svaras.
FAQs
Reverent inquiry before the divine (praśna) is upheld as a path to understanding sacred order and dharma.
The ongoing narrative serves the Nāradeśvara Māhātmya within Prabhāsakṣetra.
None; it narrates the moment of questioning that leads to the forthcoming explanation.