Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 33
सूत उवाच । इति प्रवर्णितां श्रुत्वा भीमसेनेन भारतीम् । पटीमिव प्रविततां विहस्याह युधिष्ठिरः
sūta uvāca | iti pravarṇitāṃ śrutvā bhīmasenena bhāratīm | paṭīmiva pravitatāṃ vihasyāha yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
สูตกล่าวว่า: ครั้นได้ฟังถ้อยคำที่ภีมเสนพรรณนาไว้โดยพิสดาร แผ่กว้างดุจผืนผ้าแล้ว ยุธิษฐิระก็กล่าวขึ้นด้วยรอยยิ้ม
Sūta
Tirtha: Naimiṣāraṇya (frame, implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and the assembled sages
Scene: Sūta narrates: Yudhiṣṭhira smiles after hearing Bhīma’s long, cloth-like spread of words—suggesting witty, expansive speech and a gentle royal response.
FAQs
It frames the teaching as a narrated dialogue, highlighting reflective listening and measured response.
No tīrtha is mentioned in this narrative transition verse.
None; this verse functions as narration and scene-setting.