Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10
ऋषय ऊचुः । जमदग्निर्हतः कस्मात्क्षत्रियेण महामुनिः । किंनामा स च भूपालो विस्तराद्वद सूत तत्
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | jamadagnirhataḥ kasmātkṣatriyeṇa mahāmuniḥ | kiṃnāmā sa ca bhūpālo vistarādvada sūta tat
ऋषी म्हणाले—कुठल्या कारणाने एका क्षत्रियाने महामुनी जमदग्नीचा वध केला? आणि तो भूपाल कोण, त्याचे नाव काय? हे सूत, ते सर्व विस्ताराने सांग।
Ṛṣis (Sages)
Listener: Sūta
Scene: A forest or āśrama assembly: seated sages address Sūta, hands in añjali, asking about Jamadagni’s death and the kṣatriya king’s identity.
FAQs
It frames dharma as accountable: even royal power must be questioned when it harms a sage, and sacred history should be heard carefully and in full.
The narrative belongs to the Tīrthamāhātmya stream of the Nāgara Khaṇḍa and proceeds toward the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra setting introduced in the next verse.
None in this verse; it is a request to narrate the sacred account (kathā-śravaṇa).