Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22
देव्युवाच । अत्याश्चर्यमिदं देव अजा देव्याः समुद्भवम् । पुनश्च श्रोतुमिच्छामि तस्य राज्ञोद्भुतं महत्
devyuvāca | atyāścaryamidaṃ deva ajā devyāḥ samudbhavam | punaśca śrotumicchāmi tasya rājñodbhutaṃ mahat
ദേവി പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ ദേവാ! ദേവിയിൽ നിന്നു ഈ ആടുകൾ ഉദ്ഭവിച്ചതെന്നത് അത്യാശ്ചര്യം. വീണ്ടും ആ രാജാവിനെ സംബന്ധിച്ച മഹത്തായ അത്ഭുതം കേൾക്കാൻ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നു.
Devī (questioning within the dialogue frame)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara (Śiva)
Scene: Devī, seated with composed curiosity, addresses Īśvara; her gesture indicates astonishment at the goats’ divine origin; the scene is intimate, like a teaching pavilion near a sacred coast.
FAQs
Sacred narratives invite wonder (āścarya) as a doorway to deeper listening and understanding of dharma and divine agency.
Implicitly Prabhāsakṣetra, as the dialogue continues within its Māhātmya context.
None; it is a narrative prompt requesting further explanation of the king’s extraordinary story.