Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4
तत्रैश्वर्यमभूत्पूर्वं यत्तद्ब्राह्मणसत्तमाः । अहं वः कीर्तयिष्यामि श्रोतव्यं सुसमाहितैः
tatraiśvaryamabhūtpūrvaṃ yattadbrāhmaṇasattamāḥ | ahaṃ vaḥ kīrtayiṣyāmi śrotavyaṃ susamāhitaiḥ
हे ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठांनो, त्या स्थानी पूर्वी ईश्वरी ऐश्वर्याचा अद्भुत प्रकटाव झाला होता. मी ते तुम्हाला सांगतो; तुम्ही सर्वांनी स्थिर, एकाग्र मनाने ऐका.
Sūta (deduced: formal māhātmya narration addressing sages/brāhmaṇas)
Tirtha: Ajāgṛha
Type: kshetra
Listener: brāhmaṇa-sattamas
Scene: A narrator addresses assembled brāhmaṇas, inviting concentrated listening before recounting a miracle at Ajāgṛha; the setting feels like a forest-āśrama or tīrtha pavilion.
FAQs
Tīrtha-māhātmya is received through attentive listening; sacred geography is understood by hearing the divine deeds connected to a place.
The same locality introduced as Ajāgṛha; this verse signals an upcoming account of its extraordinary potency.
Śravaṇa (devout listening) with mental composure is implied as the appropriate discipline.