Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58
अथाब्रवीत्प्रहस्योच्चैस्त्रिनेत्रश्चतुराननम् । अत्यद्भुततमां श्रुत्वा तां वार्तां यमसंभवाम्
athābravītprahasyoccaistrinetraścaturānanam | atyadbhutatamāṃ śrutvā tāṃ vārtāṃ yamasaṃbhavām
तेव्हा त्रिनेत्र प्रभू मोठ्याने हसत चतुर्मुख ब्रह्म्यास म्हणाले—यमाकडून आलेली ती अत्यंत अद्भुत वार्ता ऐकून।
Narrator (introducing Śiva’s speech)
Scene: In a celestial assembly, Śiva (three-eyed) laughs aloud after hearing an astonishing report delivered from Yama’s sphere; Brahmā (four-faced) listens attentively as the narrative turns toward dharma and destiny.
FAQs
Divine events around tīrtha-mahima can overturn expectations; the highest deities respond with insight beyond ordinary fear.
The verse frames a dialogue in Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 95); the specific site is not named in this line.
None; it is a narrative transition into Śiva’s explanation.