Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 8
सनातनेन मुनिना सनकेन च धीमता । सनत्कुमारनाम्ना च नारदेन महात्मना
sanātanena muninā sanakena ca dhīmatā | sanatkumāranāmnā ca nāradena mahātmanā
พระองค์ทรงมีฤๅษีสนาตนะ ฤๅษีสนกผู้ทรงปัญญา ผู้มีนามเลื่องลือว่าสนัตกุมาร และมหาตมะนารท คอยเฝ้าปรนนิบัติอยู่ใกล้ชิด
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta narrator)
Tirtha: Setukṣetra (Setu)
Type: kshetra
Listener: (assembly of sages at Naimiṣāraṇya—standard Sūta frame)
Scene: A semicircle of youthful, ascetic Sanakādi sages with matted locks or simple topknots, seated near Brahmā; Nārada stands with vīṇā, poised as a divine messenger; the assembly glows with quiet austerity.
FAQs
The highest truths are preserved and transmitted through realized sages who gather around dharmic authority with humility and devotion.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it describes the venerable participants of Brahmā’s assembly.
None directly; the emphasis is on satsanga—association with sages—as a dharmic ideal.