Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1
। अतिथिरुवाच । एतद्वः सर्वमाख्यातं यथा मे पिंगला गुरुः । संजाता कुररो जातो यथा तत्प्रवदान्यहम्
| atithiruvāca | etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ yathā me piṃgalā guruḥ | saṃjātā kuraro jāto yathā tatpravadānyaham
अतिथी म्हणाले—पिंगला कशी माझी गुरु झाली हे सर्व मी तुम्हाला सांगितले. आता कुरर (मासेमारी करणारा पक्षी) कसा उत्पन्न झाला आणि तो प्रसंग कसा घडला ते मी सांगतो।
Atithi
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (continuing frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: A group of hearers addressed as ‘voḥ’ (you all) within the internal narrative
Scene: Atithi, as storyteller, addresses listeners after finishing Piṅgalā’s lesson; he gestures toward the sky/river where an osprey (kurara) appears, foreshadowing the next tale.
FAQs
Spiritual instruction is carried through exemplary stories; the narrator signals a new moral episode following Piṅgalā’s teaching.
The narrative belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya within Nāgara-khaṇḍa.
None in this verse; it functions as a narrative transition.