Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23
देव्युवाच । आश्चर्यं देवदेवेश यत्त्वया कथितं प्रभो । पूर्वोक्तानि च नामानि न स्मरंति च मे कथम्
devyuvāca | āścaryaṃ devadeveśa yattvayā kathitaṃ prabho | pūrvoktāni ca nāmāni na smaraṃti ca me katham
ദേവി പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ ദേവദേവേശ പ്രഭോ, നിങ്ങൾ പറഞ്ഞത് അത്ഭുതകരം; എന്നാൽ മുമ്പ് നിങ്ങൾ ഉച്ചരിച്ച നാമങ്ങൾ എനിക്ക് എന്തുകൊണ്ട് സ്മരണയിൽ വരുന്നില്ല?
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Lord (Devadeveśa)
Scene: Devī, astonished, with folded hands, asks the Lord why previously spoken names do not remain in her memory; the setting hints at Prabhāsa’s sanctified atmosphere.
FAQs
Even exalted beings inquire humbly; sacred knowledge is received through questioning and grace, not mere status.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, as the wider narrative context of this Śiva–Devī dialogue within its māhātmya.
None explicitly; the verse models śravaṇa (listening) and praśna (reverent inquiry) as devotional disciplines.