Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 12
श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच । शृण्वन्तु ऋषयः सर्वे त्वया सह नरेश्वर । महत्पुराणं पूर्वोक्तं शंभुना वायुदैवते
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca | śṛṇvantu ṛṣayaḥ sarve tvayā saha nareśvara | mahatpurāṇaṃ pūrvoktaṃ śaṃbhunā vāyudaivate
ศรีมารกัณฑेयกล่าวว่า: ข้าแต่พระราชาผู้เป็นนเรศวร ขอให้ฤๅษีทั้งปวงพร้อมกับพระองค์จงสดับเถิด มหาปุราณะนี้ครั้งก่อนพระศัมภูได้ประกาศแก่พระวายุเทวะผู้เป็นทิพย์
Mārkaṇḍeya
Listener: Nareśvara (king) with assembled ṛṣis
Scene: A forest hermitage assembly: Mārkaṇḍeya seated on kuśa grass, addressing a king and gathered ṛṣis; a subtle divine presence indicating Śambhu’s earlier proclamation to Vāyu.
FAQs
Sacred knowledge is preserved through a divine-to-sage lineage, grounding Purāṇic teaching in Śiva’s authority.
No particular tīrtha is named here; the verse establishes the authority and origin of the Purāṇa within the Revā Khaṇḍa context.
The implied practice is śravaṇa (devout listening) to Purāṇic recitation, praised as a meritorious act.