Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 48
लोमश उवाच । एवमभ्यर्थितो देवैर्हिमवान्गिरिसत्तमः । उवाच देवान्प्रहसन्वाक्यं वाक्यविदां वरः
lomaśa uvāca | evamabhyarthito devairhimavāngirisattamaḥ | uvāca devānprahasanvākyaṃ vākyavidāṃ varaḥ
โลมศะกล่าวว่า: เมื่อเหล่าเทวะทูลวิงวอนแล้ว หิมวาน—ผู้ประเสริฐยิ่งในหมู่ภูผา—ก็ยิ้มพลางตรัสแก่เทวะทั้งหลาย ผู้เลิศในวาจาศิลป์
Lomaśa (narrator)
Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual frame) / Himālaya-pradeśa
Type: kshetra
Scene: A divine assembly in the high Himalaya: Devas petition Himavān; the personified mountain-king smiles, poised to speak with measured authority.
FAQs
Purāṇic teaching often unfolds through respectful dialogue; wisdom is conveyed with composure and clarity.
The Himālaya as a sacred axis of Kedāra tradition; the verse sets the scene rather than naming a single tīrtha.
None; it is a narrative transition identifying speaker and setting.