Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26
ततोऽगस्त्यः कथाश्चित्राश्चक्रे तस्य पुरस्तदा । राजर्षीणां पुराणानां दृष्टांतैर्बहुभिर्मुनिः
tato'gastyaḥ kathāścitrāścakre tasya purastadā | rājarṣīṇāṃ purāṇānāṃ dṛṣṭāṃtairbahubhirmuniḥ
ततः अगस्त्य-मुनिः तस्य पुरतः तदा चित्राः कथाः चकार, राजर्षीणां पुराणवृत्तान्तदृष्टान्तैः बहुभिः समलङ्कृताः।
Unspecified narrator within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya
Type: kshetra
Listener: ‘Tasya’—the addressed hero (contextually Rāma/Raghūttama) and the assembly
Scene: Agastya sits before the hero and narrates ‘citra-kathā’ with illustrative examples of royal seers; listeners are attentive, the atmosphere scholarly yet wondrous.
FAQs
Sages teach dharma through illustrative histories; exemplars (rājarṣis) model righteous conduct.
The āśrama-tīrtha is highlighted as a place of instruction where Purāṇic wisdom is transmitted.
None explicitly; the implied sādhana is śravaṇa (listening) to dharma-kathā from a sage.