Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 13
व्यासशिष्यः पुराणज्ञो समः हर्षणसंज्ञकः । तान्प्रणम्य यथान्यायं मुनीनुपविवेश सः । उपविष्टो यथान्यायं मुनीनां वचनेन सः
vyāsaśiṣyaḥ purāṇajño samaḥ harṣaṇasaṃjñakaḥ | tānpraṇamya yathānyāyaṃ munīnupaviveśa saḥ | upaviṣṭo yathānyāyaṃ munīnāṃ vacanena saḥ
သူသည် ဗျာသ၏ တပည့်ဖြစ်၍ ပုရာဏကို သိကျွမ်းသူ၊ စိတ်တည်ငြိမ်ညီမျှသူ၊ ဟರ್ಷဏ ဟု အမည်ရသူ ဖြစ်၏။ ထိုမုနိတို့ကို ထုံးတမ်းအတိုင်း ဦးညွှတ်ကန်တော့ပြီးနောက် သူသည် အနီး၌ ထိုင်လေ၏။ ထို့ပြင် မုနိတို့၏ မိန့်ကြားချက်အတိုင်း ထုံးတမ်းကျစွာ ထိုင်ရာယူလေ၏။
Sūta (identified here as Harṣaṇa, disciple of Vyāsa)
Listener: munis
Scene: The sūta bows with folded hands to the seated sages; they gesture to a place of honor. He sits modestly, manuscript bundle at his side, eyes lowered in humility.
FAQs
Authentic teaching rests on paramparā (lineage) and humility—knowledge is carried by one who bows properly and speaks by elders’ invitation.
No specific tīrtha is praised in this verse; it establishes the authority of the narrator who will expound the māhātmya.
No ritual is prescribed; the verse emphasizes proper conduct (yathā-nyāya) in approaching sages.
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