Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 121
ततस्तु कीर्तयामास व्याख्यानं तत्पुरः स्थितः । वेदान्तानां च सर्वेषां यथोक्तं रविणा पुरा
tatastu kīrtayāmāsa vyākhyānaṃ tatpuraḥ sthitaḥ | vedāntānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ yathoktaṃ raviṇā purā
Kemudian, berdiri di hadapan mereka, baginda menyampaikan huraian tentang seluruh Vedānta, sebagaimana dahulu Surya (Ravi) telah mengajarkannya.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator voice within the chapter)
Tirtha: Dvādaśa-Āditya-pratiṣṭhā-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Purāṇic audience (implied)
Scene: Yājñavalkya stands or sits before the assembly and expounds ‘all Vedāntas’ as once taught by Ravi; twelve Sūrya icons glow behind, disciples seated in attentive rows.
FAQs
Vedāntic realization is preserved through faithful transmission; the Purāṇa roots doctrine in a sacred, ancient revelation associated with Sūrya.
The teaching occurs at the Sūrya-pratiṣṭhā setting of Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s tīrtha narrative; no single site-name appears in this verse.
Śravaṇa (listening) to vyākhyāna (scriptural exposition) is the implied sādhana.