Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1
विश्वामित्र उवाच । तच्छ्रुत्वा ब्राह्मणाः सर्वे विनयावनताः स्थिताः । तं पप्रच्छुर्नरश्रेष्ठ कौतुकाविष्टचेतसः
viśvāmitra uvāca | tacchrutvā brāhmaṇāḥ sarve vinayāvanatāḥ sthitāḥ | taṃ papracchurnaraśreṣṭha kautukāviṣṭacetasaḥ
ဝိශ්ဝာမိတ္တရ် မိန့်တော်မူသည်။ ထိုစကားကို ကြားပြီးနောက် ဗြာဟ္မဏတို့အားလုံးသည် နှိမ့်ချမှုနှင့် ရိုသေမှုဖြင့် ရပ်တည်ကာ၊ အို လူတို့အထဲ၌ အမြတ်ဆုံးရေ၊ စိတ်၌ စူးစမ်းလိုစိတ်ပြည့်ဝလျက် သူ့ကို မေးမြန်းကြ၏။
Viśvāmitra
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: brāhmaṇas (and addressed ‘O best of men’ within the narrative frame)
Scene: Viśvāmitra addresses an assembly; brāhmaṇas stand with folded hands, heads slightly bowed, eyes bright with curiosity, preparing to ask questions; a sacred grove or shrine setting frames the scene.
FAQs
True inquiry into dharma begins with humility; reverent listening leads to meaningful questioning.
The ongoing narrative is situated in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya of the Nāgara-khaṇḍa.
No direct prescription; it frames a respectful question-and-answer setting among Brāhmaṇas.