Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 1
अयोध्यामाहात्म्यं प्रारभ्यते । जयति पराशरसूनुः सत्यवतीहृदयनंदनो व्यासः । यस्यास्यकमलगलितं वाङ्मयममृतं जगत्पिबति
ayodhyāmāhātmyaṃ prārabhyate | jayati parāśarasūnuḥ satyavatīhṛdayanaṃdano vyāsaḥ | yasyāsyakamalagalitaṃ vāṅmayamamṛtaṃ jagatpibati
Inicia-se agora o «Ayodhyā-māhātmya». Vitória a Vyāsa—filho de Parāśara, alegria do coração de Satyavatī—de cujo lótus da boca flui um néctar de palavras, bebido por todo o mundo.
Narratorial invocation (Ayodhyāmāhātmya opening maṅgala)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Assembly of sages (implied)
Scene: A seated Vyāsa, radiant and austere, with palm-leaf manuscript and stylus; from his lotus-like mouth flows a stream of luminous nectar-letters that beings drink—sages, gods, and pilgrims—signifying Purāṇic wisdom as amṛta.
FAQs
Scriptural remembrance begins with reverence to the seer; Vyāsa’s revelation is portrayed as life-giving nectar for the world.
Ayodhyā—introduced as the focus of the forthcoming māhātmya.
An implicit prescription of maṅgala—beginning sacred recitation with auspicious invocation and homage.