Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4
सूत उवाच । आसीत्पुरा निंबशुचो वैदिशे च पुरोत्तमे
sūta uvāca | āsītpurā niṃbaśuco vaidiśe ca purottame
Sūta berkata: “Pada zaman dahulu, di kota Vidiśā yang unggul, hiduplah seorang lelaki bernama Nimbaśuca.”
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta-narrator)
Tirtha: Vidiśā (as narrative locus)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣayaḥ
Scene: Sūta begins the tale by pointing to the famed city of Vidiśā, evoking an ancient urban landscape where the protagonist Nimbaśuca lived.
FAQs
It introduces a dharma-narrative set in a sacred geography, preparing for a moral account of conduct and consequence.
The setting points to the Vidiśā region within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya framework, where tīrtha-glory narratives unfold.
None in this verse; it is a narrative opening identifying the speaker, place, and character.