Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11
सूत उवाच । एवमुक्त्वा चतुर्वक्त्रस्ततश्चादर्शनं गतः । याज्ञवल्क्योऽपि तच्छ्रुत्वा पितामहवचोऽ खिलम्
sūta uvāca | evamuktvā caturvaktrastataścādarśanaṃ gataḥ | yājñavalkyo'pi tacchrutvā pitāmahavaco' khilam
सूत म्हणाले—असे बोलून चतुर्मुख (ब्रह्मा) नंतर अदृश्य झाले. आणि याज्ञवल्क्यानेही पितामहाची सर्व वचने पूर्णपणे ऐकून।
Sūta
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (standard Sūta frame; implied)
Scene: Sūta narrates to assembled sages; Brahmā (four-faced) fades into light, becoming invisible; Yājñavalkya stands or sits in attentive posture, absorbing the teaching; the atmosphere is quiet and authoritative.
FAQs
Revelatory instruction is followed by responsibility: the listener must now embody the teaching through action.
The narrative continues within the same kṣetra-māhātmya stream; the “uttama kṣetra” remains the focus.
None directly; it transitions from divine instruction to Yājñavalkya’s implementation.