Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 1
सूत उवाच । अगस्त्यमुनिरित्युक्त्वा चक्रतीर्थाश्रयां कथाम् । विभोर्विष्णुहरेश्चापि पुनराह द्विजोत्तमाः
sūta uvāca | agastyamunirityuktvā cakratīrthāśrayāṃ kathām | vibhorviṣṇuhareścāpi punarāha dvijottamāḥ
സൂതൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ചക്രതീർത്ഥത്തെ ആശ്രയിച്ച കഥയും മഹാവിഭുവായ വിഷ്ണു-ഹരിയുടെ മഹിമയും പറഞ്ഞശേഷം, ഹേ ദ്വിജോത്തമന്മാരേ, അഗസ്ത്യമുനി വീണ്ടും പ്രസ്താവിച്ചു।
Sūta
Tirtha: Cakratīrtha (topic of the preceding account)
Listener: Dvijottamas (assembled brāhmaṇa sages)
Scene: Sūta sits in a forest-āśrama assembly, recounting how Agastya, after finishing the Cakratīrtha account, speaks again to the gathered brāhmaṇa sages; palm-leaf manuscripts and ritual fires suggest transmission.
FAQs
Māhātmya teachings are preserved through guru-to-seeker narration, anchoring sacred geography in authoritative dialogue.
Cakratīrtha is named as the focus of the preceding and continuing account.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it is a narrative transition introducing Agastya’s continued teaching.