Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19
सूत उवाच । वसिष्ठस्य वचः श्रुत्व संहृष्टो नंदिवर्द्धनः । अर्बुदं नागमासाद्य वाक्यमेतदुवाच ह
sūta uvāca | vasiṣṭhasya vacaḥ śrutva saṃhṛṣṭo naṃdivarddhanaḥ | arbudaṃ nāgamāsādya vākyametaduvāca ha
Sinabi ni Sūta: Nang marinig ang mga salita ni Vasiṣṭha, si Nandivardhana ay napuspos ng galak. Lumapit siya kay Arbuda, ang panginoon ng mga nāga, at sinabi ang mga salitang ito.
Sūta (narrator)
Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sūta narrates: Nandivardhana, delighted by Vasiṣṭha’s counsel, goes to Arbuda the nāga-lord and begins a formal address at the mountain’s sacred precinct.
FAQs
Faith grows through śravaṇa (hearing) of a sage’s assurance, leading one to act in alignment with sacred purpose.
Arbuda’s sacred identity is being established through the narrative frame, prior to explicit tīrtha listings.
None; it is a narrative transition introducing the next statement.