Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
देव्युवाच । कथं जरामनुप्राप्तो नारदो मुनिपुंगवः । कथमाराधितः सूर्य एतन्मे वद शंकर
devyuvāca | kathaṃ jarāmanuprāpto nārado munipuṃgavaḥ | kathamārādhitaḥ sūrya etanme vada śaṃkara
พระเทวีตรัสว่า: ข้าแต่พระศังกระ โปรดบอกเถิด—นารทมุนีผู้เลิศในหมู่นักพรต เหตุใดจึงประสบความชรา? และได้บูชาพระสุริยเทพอย่างไร?
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (frame); narrative leads toward Sūrya-upāsanā connected with Prabhāsa/Dvārakā region
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaṅkara
Scene: Devī questions Śaṅkara in a calm, intimate dialogue setting, initiating the tale of Nārada’s old age and Sūrya worship; the atmosphere is contemplative, with subtle cosmic gravitas.
FAQs
Sacred tīrtha benefits are grounded in narrative causality; the Purāṇa invites inquiry to reveal the dharma behind the miracle.
The question points to the Nārada-Āditya tīrtha narrative within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
None directly; it introduces the explanation of Sūrya-ārādhana (Sun worship).