Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 132
द्विजा ऊचुः । इत्याह भगवान्देव्या पृष्टः स च त्रिलोचनः । तत्रैव नारदः सर्वं संवादं शिवयेरितम्
dvijā ūcuḥ | ityāha bhagavāndevyā pṛṣṭaḥ sa ca trilocanaḥ | tatraiva nāradaḥ sarvaṃ saṃvādaṃ śivayeritam
இருபிறப்பினர் கூறினர்—தேவி கேட்டபோது திரிநேத்திரனான பகவான் இவ்வாறு உரைத்தான். அங்கேயே நாரதர், சிவா (பார்வதி) உரைத்த முழு உரையாடலையும் கேட்டார்.
Dvijāḥ (the narrating Brāhmaṇas/sages)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra / Someśvara (Somnātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Implied: the next recipient in the narrative chain (and the audience/reader)
Scene: In Prabhāsa’s sacred grove/temple precinct, Śiva (Trilocana) speaks to Devī; nearby Nārada listens attentively, holding vīṇā, as the dialogue becomes a scripture-stream for future pilgrims.
FAQs
Purāṇic teaching is safeguarded through witnessed dialogue and faithful transmission by revered hearers like Nārada.
The setting remains Prabhāsakṣetra within the Prabhāsa Māhātmya narration.
None; this verse establishes narrative provenance—who spoke, who asked, and who heard.
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