Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 166
एवमुक्तस्तु विप्रोऽसौ कथयामास भारत । भार्याया यद्दिवा वृत्तं शङ्कमानो नृपोत्तम
evamuktastu vipro'sau kathayāmāsa bhārata | bhāryāyā yaddivā vṛttaṃ śaṅkamāno nṛpottama
یوں مخاطب کیے جانے پر وہ برہمن، اے بھارت، دن کے وقت جو کچھ ہوا تھا بیان کرنے لگا؛ اور وہ عالی مرتبہ بادشاہ، دل میں شبہ لیے، غور سے سنتا رہا۔
Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller)
Listener: Bhārata/royal interlocutor (king)
Scene: A brāhmaṇa begins his account while a noble king listens intently, suspicion on his face; the moment is poised before revelation.
FAQs
Purāṇas teach dharma through witnessed testimony—personal narrative becomes evidence of tīrtha-prabhāva.
Not named in this verse, but the narration is moving toward the Eraṇḍī-saṅgama episode in the Revā region.
None directly; it transitions into the account that will include bathing and worship.