Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 121
ततस्तु कीर्तयामास व्याख्यानं तत्पुरः स्थितः । वेदान्तानां च सर्वेषां यथोक्तं रविणा पुरा
tatastu kīrtayāmāsa vyākhyānaṃ tatpuraḥ sthitaḥ | vedāntānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ yathoktaṃ raviṇā purā
แล้วเขายืนอยู่ต่อหน้าทุกคน กล่าวแสดงคำอธิบายแห่งเวทานตะทั้งปวง ตามที่พระรวี (สุริยะ) ได้ทรงสอนไว้แต่กาลก่อน
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator voice within the chapter)
Tirtha: Dvādaśa-Āditya-pratiṣṭhā-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Purāṇic audience (implied)
Scene: Yājñavalkya stands or sits before the assembly and expounds ‘all Vedāntas’ as once taught by Ravi; twelve Sūrya icons glow behind, disciples seated in attentive rows.
FAQs
Vedāntic realization is preserved through faithful transmission; the Purāṇa roots doctrine in a sacred, ancient revelation associated with Sūrya.
The teaching occurs at the Sūrya-pratiṣṭhā setting of Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s tīrtha narrative; no single site-name appears in this verse.
Śravaṇa (listening) to vyākhyāna (scriptural exposition) is the implied sādhana.