Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22
व्यास उवाच । इत्युक्त्वोपरते सूते शौनकादि महर्षयः । संपूज्य विधिवत्सूतं प्रशस्याथाभ्यनन्दयन्
vyāsa uvāca | ityuktvoparate sūte śaunakādi maharṣayaḥ | saṃpūjya vidhivatsūtaṃ praśasyāthābhyanandayan
వ్యాసుడు పలికెను—సూతుడు ఇలా చెప్పి ముగించగానే, శౌనకాది మహర్షులు విధివిధానాలతో సూతుని పూజించి, ప్రశంసించి, ఆనందంతో సమ్మతించారు।
Vyāsa
Tirtha: Naimiṣāraṇya (frame-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Audience of the frame (implicitly the reader; within frame, the sages witnessing Sūta’s conclusion)
Scene: A forest hermitage assembly at Naimiṣāraṇya: Śaunaka and sages rise, offer garlands and arghya to Sūta, praising him; Vyāsa is invoked as the ultimate authority (‘Vyāsa said’), indicating layered narration.
FAQs
Scripture is preserved through reverent listening and honoring the reciter; gratitude is part of dharma.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse describes the conclave setting and the close of the narration.
Vidhivat-pūjā (duly honoring) the Sūta/paurāṇika after the discourse.