Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
सूत उवाच । प्रह्लादस्य वचः श्रुत्वा स्थितस्तत्र सभास्थले । पप्रच्छात्युत्सुकमना बलिस्तत्क्षेत्रवैभवम्
sūta uvāca | prahlādasya vacaḥ śrutvā sthitastatra sabhāsthale | papracchātyutsukamanā balistatkṣetravaibhavam
Sinabi ni Sūta: Nang marinig ang mga salita ni Prahlāda, si Bali—nakatayo roon sa bulwagan ng kapulungan, at sabik na sabik ang kalooban—ay nagtanong tungkol sa kadakilaan ng banal na kṣetra na iyon.
Sūta
Tirtha: Dvārakā (topic introduced)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (standard Sūta frame; implied)
Scene: Sūta narrates: Bali stands in an assembly hall, attentive and eager, turning toward the devotee Prahlāda to ask about the glory of the sacred field; courtiers and pillars frame a formal sabhā atmosphere.
FAQs
Sincere eagerness (utsukatā) to hear a tīrtha’s greatness is presented as the doorway to receiving sacred knowledge.
The context points to Dvārakā-kṣetra, whose greatness Bali wishes to hear in detail.
None; it sets the narrative scene for Prahlāda’s exposition of Dvārakā’s merits.