Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 14
शिव उवाच । श्रूयतां वचनं पुत्र मनसोल्हादकारणम् । आदितः सर्व्ववृत्तानां सृष्टि स्थितिकरं महत्
śiva uvāca | śrūyatāṃ vacanaṃ putra manasolhādakāraṇam | āditaḥ sarvvavṛttānāṃ sṛṣṭi sthitikaraṃ mahat
शिव उवाच—पुत्र, मनसोल्हादकारणं मम वचनं श्रूयताम्। आदितः सर्ववृत्तानां सृष्टिस्थितिकरं महदाख्यानं वक्ष्यामि॥
Śiva
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Listener: Skanda
Scene: Śiva begins a mind-delighting discourse to Skanda, promising an account from the very beginning—creation and sustenance—while seated in a tranquil sacred grove.
FAQs
Purāṇic teaching joins devotion with cosmology: knowing origins and divine order steadies the mind and supports dharma.
The verse is introductory; it prepares the listener for the broader narration connected to Dharmāraṇya’s greatness.
None; it is an invitation to attentive listening (śravaṇa) of sacred teaching.