Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23
ततः पृष्टस्तु मुनिना कथयामास विस्तरात् । वृत्तांतं सर्वमात्मीयं स्वर्गस्य गमनं प्रति
tataḥ pṛṣṭastu muninā kathayāmāsa vistarāt | vṛttāṃtaṃ sarvamātmīyaṃ svargasya gamanaṃ prati
ครั้นถูกมุนีไต่ถาม เขาจึงเล่าโดยพิสดารถึงเรื่องราวส่วนตนทั้งหมด—ว่าด้วยการมุ่งไปสู่สวรรค์ (สวรรคะ)
Unspecified narrator within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya
Type: kshetra
Listener: A sage/muni (questioner) and the gathered audience
Scene: A sage questions a venerable hero; the hero begins a detailed self-narration about the path toward heaven, with a tīrtha landscape as backdrop.
FAQs
Dharma is clarified through truthful narration before a sage, enabling guidance on higher goals.
The sacred āśrama-space where inquiry and instruction occur—tīrtha as a seat of dharma-discourse.
None explicitly; the practice implied is śiṣya-like reporting and inquiry in the presence of a sage.