Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु नारदो भगवानृषिः । ब्रह्मणो मानसः पुत्रस्त्रिषु लोकेषु गर्वितः
īśvara uvāca | etasminneva kāle tu nārado bhagavānṛṣiḥ | brahmaṇo mānasaḥ putrastriṣu lokeṣu garvitaḥ
Īśvara bersabda: “Pada saat itu juga, resi ilahi Nārada—putera lahir dari minda Brahmā—termashyur di tiga alam.”
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Īśvara narrates as the radiant devarṣi Nārada appears—vīṇā in hand—moving effortlessly through the three worlds, his fame preceding him; the scene feels like an omen before a consequential encounter.
FAQs
The Purāṇas introduce divine messengers like Nārada to turn events toward dharma, testing pride and guiding beings back to sacred order.
The ongoing discourse is within Prabhāsa Kṣetra’s Māhātmya, though this verse itself sets the narrative time and character.
None in this verse.