Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 54
कस्मादानंदपोषोऽभूत्तव ब्रह्मन्वदस्व मे । ममापि भवदानंदात्प्रमोदो हृदि जायते
kasmādānaṃdapoṣo'bhūttava brahmanvadasva me | mamāpi bhavadānaṃdātpramodo hṛdi jāyate
ഹേ ബ്രാഹ്മണാ, എനിക്ക് പറയുക—നിന്റെ ആനന്ദം ഇങ്ങനെ എന്തുകൊണ്ട് വർധിച്ചു? നിന്റെ ആനന്ദം കൊണ്ടു എന്റെ ഹൃദയത്തിലും പ്രമോദം ജനിക്കുന്നു।
Vyāsa (deduced from immediate dialogue flow: Agastya speaks next; Vyāsa questions him in following verses)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka-group (implied)
Scene: Vyāsa, moved, admits that the other sage’s bliss itself generates joy in his own heart; the two sages share a quiet, luminous moment of mutual uplift.
FAQs
True spiritual joy is contagious—when a sage is filled with bliss, it naturally awakens devotion and gladness in the listener.
Ayodhyā is the implied sacred focus of the surrounding passage (Ayodhyāmāhātmya).
No specific rite is prescribed here; it introduces the inquiry that leads to teachings on pilgrimage and merit.