Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 1
उत्तानपाद उवाच । अथातो देवदेवेश भानुमत्यकरोच्च किम् । एष मे संशयो देव कथयस्व प्रसादतः
uttānapāda uvāca | athāto devadeveśa bhānumatyakarocca kim | eṣa me saṃśayo deva kathayasva prasādataḥ
उत्तानपाद उवाच—अथातो देवदेवेश, भानुमती किमकरोत्? एष मे संशयो देव; प्रसादतः कथयस्व।
Uttānapāda
Listener: Īśvara
Scene: A royal sage-king Uttānapāda stands with folded hands, voicing a doubt before Īśvara; the setting hints at a sacred landscape leading toward a kuṇḍa and mountain beyond.
FAQs
Sincere inquiry and humility before the Divine are presented as the gateway to understanding dharma and sacred narratives.
No site is named in this verse; it introduces a question within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred-place discourse.
None; it is a request for instruction made ‘by grace’ (prasāda).
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