Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29
ऋषय ऊचुः । कीदृङनागभयं तेषां येन ते विगता विभो । परित्यज्य निजं स्थानमेतन्नो विस्तराद्वद
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | kīdṛṅanāgabhayaṃ teṣāṃ yena te vigatā vibho | parityajya nijaṃ sthānametanno vistarādvada
ரிஷிகள் கூறினர்—ஓ வல்லவனே! அவர்கள் தங்கள் இடத்தை விட்டு விலகச் செய்த அந்த நாகப் பயம் எத்தகையது? இதை எங்களுக்கு விரிவாகச் சொல்லும்।
Ṛṣis (Sages)
Listener: Sūta
Scene: A circle of sages with matted hair and deer-skins, seated in a forest hermitage, turning toward Sūta with raised hands in respectful inquiry; the question hangs like a pause before revelation.
FAQs
Scriptural understanding grows through respectful inquiry; sages seek causes behind events to discern dharma and meaning.
No specific tīrtha is named in this question-verse; it advances the sacred-history narrative within the tīrthamāhātmya.
None; it is an inquiry prompting the next explanatory section.