Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
ऋषय ऊचुः । यत्वया सूतज प्रोक्तं देवी कात्यायनी च सा । महिषांतकरी जाता कथं सा मे प्रकीर्तय । कीदृग्दानववर्यः स माहिषं रूपमाश्रितः । कस्मात्स सूदितो देव्या तन्मे विस्तरतो वद
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | yatvayā sūtaja proktaṃ devī kātyāyanī ca sā | mahiṣāṃtakarī jātā kathaṃ sā me prakīrtaya | kīdṛgdānavavaryaḥ sa māhiṣaṃ rūpamāśritaḥ | kasmātsa sūdito devyā tanme vistarato vada
ရိရှိတို့က ဆိုကြသည်—«အို စူတ၏သားရေ၊ သင်က နတ်မသည် ကာတ်ယာယနီဖြစ်ကြောင်း၊ ထို့ပြင် မဟိષကို ဖျက်ဆီးသူဖြစ်လာကြောင်း ပြောခဲ့သည်။ ထိုသို့ ဖြစ်လာပုံကို ကျွန်ုပ်တို့အား ပြောပြပါ။ ကျွဲရုပ်ကို ခံယူခဲ့သော ထိပ်တန်း ဒါနဝသည် မည်သို့သောသူနည်း။ အဘယ်ကြောင့် နတ်မ၏လက်ဖြင့် သတ်ဖြတ်ခံရသနည်း။ အသေးစိတ် ရှင်းပြပါ။»
Ṛṣis (the sages)
Listener: Sūta (addressed as Sūtaja)
Scene: A council of sages in an āśrama, hands raised in respectful inquiry toward Sūta seated on a vyāsapīṭha; behind them a faint vision of Kātyāyanī with lion and the buffalo-demon silhouette, foreshadowing the tale.
FAQs
Inquiry into sacred history (itihāsa within Purāṇa) is presented as a dharmic act—seeking causes, forms, and divine justice behind the destruction of adharma.
The immediate focus shifts from site-glorification to Devī-māhātmya narrative; the broader setting remains within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s tīrtha-oriented discourse.
None explicitly; it is a narrative prompt requesting detailed kathā (sacred account).
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