Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 2
सूत उवाच । विदर्भविषये पूर्वमासीदेको द्विजोत्तमः । वेदमित्र इति ख्यातो वेद शास्त्रार्थवित्सुधीः
sūta uvāca | vidarbhaviṣaye pūrvamāsīdeko dvijottamaḥ | vedamitra iti khyāto veda śāstrārthavitsudhīḥ
سوت نے کہا: “قدیم زمانے میں ودربھ کے دیس میں ایک برہمنِ برتر رہتا تھا۔ وہ ویدمِتر کے نام سے مشہور تھا—دانشمند، اور ویدوں اور شاستروں کے معانی کا جاننے والا۔”
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sauti)
Tirtha: Vidarbha (regional setting)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣayaḥ
Scene: A learned brāhmaṇa Vedamitra in a Vidarbha village/āśrama setting, holding palm-leaf manuscripts, surrounded by students or ritual implements, conveying calm scholarship.
FAQs
Dharma narratives often begin by establishing a teacher-like exemplar—learned, disciplined, and rooted in śāstra.
Vidarbha is named as the setting (a sacred-geographical marker), though no particular tīrtha is specified in this verse.
None in this verse; it introduces a character for the forthcoming vrata-related account.