Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17
परं कौतुकमापन्ना वाक्यमेतदथाब्रुवन् । प्रदक्षिणासमुद्भूतं कारणं ज्ञातुमिच्छवः
paraṃ kautukamāpannā vākyametadathābruvan | pradakṣiṇāsamudbhūtaṃ kāraṇaṃ jñātumicchavaḥ
परं कौतुकसमाविष्टाः ते ततः वाक्यमिदमब्रुवन्—प्रदक्षिणात् समुद्भूतस्यास्य कारणस्य ज्ञानं वयं कर्तुमिच्छामः।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic storyteller within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A circle of sages, eyes widened with wonder, pause mid-pilgrimage and turn toward a royal devotee whose repeated circumambulation has produced an unusual sign; the sacred mountain backdrop suggests Arbuda’s wooded slopes and a small liṅga-shrine.
FAQs
Holy inquiry (jijñāsā) is praised; sages seek the inner cause and spiritual logic behind extraordinary devotion.
The inquiry unfolds at Acaleśvara in the Arbuda region.
Pradakṣiṇā is the focal rite; the sages ask to understand its specific cause and effect in this context.