Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 16
अत्रानुवर्ण्यते गाथा पुण्या परमशोभना । गोपनीयापि कारुण्याद्गौतमेन प्रकाशिता
atrānuvarṇyate gāthā puṇyā paramaśobhanā | gopanīyāpi kāruṇyādgautamena prakāśitā
یہاں ایک نہایت پاکیزہ اور انتہائی دلکش گاتھا بیان کی جاتی ہے؛ اگرچہ وہ راز میں رکھنے کے لائق تھی، مگر گوتم نے رحم و کرم سے اسے ظاہر کر دیا۔
Deductive: Purāṇic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa (likely Sūta-style narration to sages)
Listener: Audience of the discourse (ṛṣis/seekers)
Scene: Sage Gautama, serene and compassionate, begins to recite a radiant ‘gāthā’ to attentive listeners; the words appear as luminous script in the air.
FAQs
Sacred teachings are sometimes guarded, yet compassionate sages disclose them for the welfare of devotees.
No tīrtha is identified in this verse; it introduces a forthcoming sacred story.
None directly; it signals an authoritative kathā that supports the upcoming ritual-mahātmya.