Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6
कथं केनात्र शक्यन्ते वक्तुं वर्षशतैरपि । तथाप्यत्र मुनिश्रेष्ठाः प्रोक्तं पार्थाय वै यथा
kathaṃ kenātra śakyante vaktuṃ varṣaśatairapi | tathāpyatra muniśreṣṭhāḥ proktaṃ pārthāya vai yathā
इथे हे कसे आणि कोणाकडून सांगता येईल—शेकडो वर्षांतही? तरीही, हे मुनिश्रेष्ठांनो, पार्थाला जसे सांगितले होते तसेच मी येथे सांगतो।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sauti)
Listener: Sages (muni-śreṣṭhāḥ)
Scene: The narrator bows slightly, acknowledging the impossibility of full enumeration; behind him, a faint vision of Arjuna (Pārtha) receiving earlier instruction appears like a memory-panel; sages listen attentively.
FAQs
Accept humble summaries as gateways: even brief tīrtha-teachings, when rooted in lineage, carry transformative merit.
No single tīrtha; the verse underscores the innumerable Narmadā tīrthas and the need to present them concisely.
None; it is a methodological note about narration.