Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 4
इति पृष्टस्ततः सूतो नैमिषारण्यवासिभिः । वक्तुं प्रचक्रमे तेषां प्रश्नस्योत्तरमुत्तमम्
iti pṛṣṭastataḥ sūto naimiṣāraṇyavāsibhiḥ | vaktuṃ pracakrame teṣāṃ praśnasyottaramuttamam
ครั้นถูกชาวนัยมิษารัณยะทูลถามดังนี้ สุตะจึงเริ่มกล่าวแก่พวกเขา โดยให้คำตอบอันประเสริฐต่อข้อซักถามนั้น
Narrator (Sūta as the responding speaker in the frame)
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya-vāsins
Scene: Sūta shifts from listening to speaking; the assembly settles, and the narrative ‘camera’ turns toward the storyteller as he begins the authoritative reply.
FAQs
Right questioning (praśna) invites right teaching (uttara); scripture models humble inquiry and careful exposition.
Naimiṣāraṇya is the sacred setting of the dialogue; it serves as a dharma-teaching locus in Purāṇic tradition.
None; it marks the transition into the explanation.