Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41
एतद्वः सर्वमाख्यातं यत्पृष्टोऽहं सुविस्तरात् । भवद्भिः सूर्यपुत्रस्य राज्ञा दशरथेन हि । संवादं रोहिणीभेदे सञ्जातं समुपस्थिते
etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ yatpṛṣṭo'haṃ suvistarāt | bhavadbhiḥ sūryaputrasya rājñā daśarathena hi | saṃvādaṃ rohiṇībhede sañjātaṃ samupasthite
நீங்கள் விரிவாகக் கேட்ட அனைத்தையும் நான் கூறிவிட்டேன்—ரோஹிணீபேதம் நிகழ்ந்த வேளையில், சூரியபுத்திரன் சனைச்சரனுக்கும் அரசன் தசரதனுக்கும் இடையில் ஏற்பட்ட உரையாடலை.
Sūta
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvijas/ṛṣis
Scene: Sūta addresses assembled sages, summarizing the Daśaratha–Śanaiścara dialogue and referencing the Rohiṇī-bheda event; the sky shows a marked celestial sign.
FAQs
Sacred narrative (kathā) is treated as a dharmic vehicle: remembering and recounting it preserves guidance and merit.
The broader section is Tīrthamāhātmya, but this verse functions as a colophon-like wrap-up of the Rohiṇī-bheda account rather than a site description.
Implicitly, attentive hearing/recitation of the narrated dialogue is valorized, leading into the stated benefit in the next verse.