Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
ईश्वर उवाच । अथातस्त्वां प्रव क्ष्यामि यथासावमरोऽभवत् । आसीन्मुनिः पुराकल्पे मृकण्ड इति विश्रुतः
īśvara uvāca | athātastvāṃ prava kṣyāmi yathāsāvamaro'bhavat | āsīnmuniḥ purākalpe mṛkaṇḍa iti viśrutaḥ
ഈശ്വരൻ പറഞ്ഞു—‘ഇപ്പോൾ അവൻ എങ്ങനെ അമരനായെന്നു ഞാൻ നിന്നോട് പറയും. പുരാകൽപ്പത്തിൽ മൃകണ്ഡൻ എന്ന പേരിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധനായ ഒരു മുനി ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു।’
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: Īśvara begins his reply, calm and authoritative, introducing the ancient sage Mṛkaṇḍa from a former aeon as the starting point of the immortality story.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma is preserved through divine instruction—Śiva himself frames immortality as a consequence of a sacred cause.
The narration occurs within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, connecting the site’s glory with Śiva’s authoritative teaching.
None in this verse; it formally introduces the lineage and backstory that will ground the later teaching.