Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 5
एतन्नः श्रद्दधानानां विस्तराद्वक्तुमर्हसि । श्रीसूत उवाच । ब्रवीमि मुनयः सर्वे शृणुध्वं सुसमाहिताः
etannaḥ śraddadhānānāṃ vistarādvaktumarhasi | śrīsūta uvāca | bravīmi munayaḥ sarve śṛṇudhvaṃ susamāhitāḥ
เรื่องนี้โปรดกล่าวโดยพิสดารแก่พวกเราผู้มีศรัทธาเถิด ศรีสูตะกล่าวว่า: เราจักบอกเล่า—โอ้เหล่ามุนีทั้งหลาย จงฟังด้วยจิตตั้งมั่น
Sages (first half), then Sūta (second half)
Listener: Munis (assembly)
Scene: Sūta (or the narrator) raises a hand in assurance, sages sit ‘susaṃhita’—upright, focused—signaling the start of a detailed tīrtha account.
FAQs
Faith and attentive listening are prerequisites for receiving tīrtha-māhātmya teachings and their purifying benefit.
Kṣīrakuṇḍa is the implied subject to be narrated next.
No direct ritual; it prescribes the inner discipline of su-samādhāna (focused attention) while hearing sacred narration.