Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 96
ततः पाठावसाने तु मध्यगः प्राह सादरम् । परावसुसमुद्भूतं वृत्तांतं तस्य भूपतेः
tataḥ pāṭhāvasāne tu madhyagaḥ prāha sādaram | parāvasusamudbhūtaṃ vṛttāṃtaṃ tasya bhūpateḥ
Kemudian, setelah bacaan suci selesai, orang yang duduk di tengah berkata dengan penuh hormat, menyampaikan kisah yang timbul daripada Parāvasu tentang raja itu.
Narrator
Type: kshetra
Listener: Assembly of dvijas/ṛtviks (inner audience)
Scene: After chanting ends, a speaker seated in the middle of the assembly rises slightly and begins recounting Parāvasu’s account concerning a king; listeners lean in, the ritual space now turning into a storytelling sabhā.
FAQs
Sacred recitation culminates in remembered tradition—kathā and lineage memory reinforce dharma and identity.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.
It notes pāṭha (formal recitation) and its completion as a cue for subsequent discourse.