Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 13
इति पृष्टः स भूपालो विमृश्य सुचिरं ततः । त्रिकालज्ञः प्रहस्यैनां प्रोवाच सुकुतूहलः
iti pṛṣṭaḥ sa bhūpālo vimṛśya suciraṃ tataḥ | trikālajñaḥ prahasyaināṃ provāca sukutūhalaḥ
یوں پوچھے جانے پر وہ بھوپال دیر تک غور کرتا رہا۔ تینوں زمانوں کا جاننے والا ہو کر، اس نے اس کی طرف مسکرا کر—دلچسپی سے بھرپور—جواب دینا شروع کیا۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; transition into the king’s speech)
Scene: The king pauses in thought, then smiles knowingly; the queen watches intently, awaiting explanation; the scene feels like the moment before a secret is revealed.
FAQs
Purāṇas often reveal hidden causes behind apparent contradictions; karmic history and sacred contact can transform destiny.
Not yet named in this verse; it introduces a sacred backstory that soon connects to a Śiva temple.
None; it is a narrative pivot into a testimony of past experience.