Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
ऋषय ऊचुः । गणनाथस्य चोत्पत्तिं सांप्रतं सूत नो वद । कथमेष समुत्पन्नः किं माहात्म्यः प्रकीर्तितः
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | gaṇanāthasya cotpattiṃ sāṃprataṃ sūta no vada | kathameṣa samutpannaḥ kiṃ māhātmyaḥ prakīrtitaḥ
เหล่าฤๅษีกล่าวว่า: “โอ้ สุตะ บัดนี้จงบอกกำเนิดของคณนาถแก่เราเถิด ท่านบังเกิดขึ้นอย่างไร และมหาตมยะอันใดของท่านที่ได้รับการสรรเสริญ?”
Ṛṣis (Sages)
Tirtha: Gaṇanātha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣayaḥ (sages)
Scene: Forest-āśrama setting: a circle of ṛṣis respectfully questioning Sūta about Gaṇanātha’s origin and proclaimed greatness; palm-leaf manuscripts, sacrificial fires, calm yet expectant faces.
FAQs
Purāṇic learning proceeds through inquiry: asking about a deity’s origin and glory is itself a dharmic gateway to understanding.
Indirectly, the Gaṇanātha shrine in the Viśvāmitra-associated sacred region; the verse initiates its explanatory narrative.
None; it is a request for the origin-story and the proclaimed māhātmya.