Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4
एतद्विस्तरतस्तात कथयस्व ममानघ । शृण्वतश्च न तृप्तिर्मे कथामृतमनुत्तमम्
etadvistaratastāta kathayasva mamānagha | śṛṇvataśca na tṛptirme kathāmṛtamanuttamam
हे तात, हे निष्पाप! हे सर्व मला विस्ताराने सांग. ऐकत असतानाही मला तृप्ती होत नाही; हे अनुपम कथामृत कधीच पुरेसे वाटत नाही.
Yudhiṣṭhira (to Mārkaṇḍeya)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya (addressed as tāta/anagha)
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira, eager and unsated, implores the sage to narrate in full detail; the atmosphere is intimate, reverent, and charged with devotional listening.
FAQs
Eager listening to sacred narrative (kathā-śravaṇa) is itself devotional discipline and a purifier of the heart.
Kuṇḍaleśvara is the subject whose māhātmya story is being requested in detail.
Śravaṇa (listening) and detailed kathā recitation are upheld as spiritually beneficial practices.