Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28
पार्वत्या षण्मुखस्याग्रे तेन नन्दिगणाय वै । नन्दिना तु कुमाराय तेन व्यासाय धीमते
pārvatyā ṣaṇmukhasyāgre tena nandigaṇāya vai | nandinā tu kumārāya tena vyāsāya dhīmate
பார்வதி ஷண்முகனின் முன்னிலையில் இதை உரைத்தாள்; அவர் நந்திகணனுக்கு அளித்தார். நந்தி குமாரனுக்கு, குமாரன் ஞானமிகு வியாசருக்கு வழங்கினார்।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sequential ‘garland of teachers’: Pārvatī instructing Ṣaṇmukha, Ṣaṇmukha to Nandin, Nandin to Kumāra, Kumāra to Vyāsa—each handing a manuscript or speaking in teaching gesture, forming a sacred relay.
FAQs
Purāṇic wisdom is preserved through a sanctified lineage (guru-paramparā), emphasizing faithful transmission.
No single tīrtha is praised in this verse; it supports the authority of the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya by giving the text’s lineage.
None; it is a lineage statement identifying successive transmitters.