Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6
तत्ते संक्षेपतः सर्वं भक्तियुक्तस्य भारत । कथयामि न सन्देहो वृद्धभावेन कर्शितः
tatte saṃkṣepataḥ sarvaṃ bhaktiyuktasya bhārata | kathayāmi na sandeho vṛddhabhāvena karśitaḥ
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Mārkaṇḍeya
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: An elderly Mārkaṇḍeya, slightly frail, speaks gently yet firmly to Yudhiṣṭhira; the disciple’s devotional posture is emphasized; the scene conveys tenderness and certainty.
FAQs
Devotion (bhakti) is presented as a key qualification for receiving sacred instruction, and the teacher’s compassion adapts teaching to circumstance.
Indirectly supports the Āśvina Tīrtha narrative; the verse itself is about narration and eligibility rather than site-description.
None; it is a narrative transition.