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
Atithi berkata: “Segala hal ini telah aku khabarkan kepada kamu semua, sebagaimana Piṅgalā, guruku, telah mengajarkannya kepadaku. Kini akan aku ceritakan bagaimana burung kurara (osprey) itu terjadi, dan sebab-musababnya.”
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.