Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 61
तत्रासीनः सभामध्ये सर्वलोकैकपूजिते नानाकथाः श्रुतास्तत्र धर्म्मवर्गसमन्विताः
tatrāsīnaḥ sabhāmadhye sarvalokaikapūjite nānākathāḥ śrutāstatra dharmmavargasamanvitāḥ
وہاں سبھا کے بیچ میں بیٹھا—تمام جہانوں میں معزز و مقبول—اس نے بہت سی باتیں سنیں، جو دھرم کے مختلف شعبوں سے آراستہ تھیں۔
Dharmarāja (continuing narration)
Listener: Nārada
Scene: A grand celestial sabhā: Brahmā presiding, sages and devas seated; Dharmarāja sits among them, listening to varied dharma narratives; the hall glows with Vedic radiance.
FAQs
Dharma is learned through sacred discourse (kathā); listening in a sanctified assembly is itself a purifying practice.
The setting is Brahmā’s revered assembly (a celestial sabhā), not a named earthly pilgrimage site.
No explicit rite is stated; the implied practice is śravaṇa (devout listening) to dharma-filled kathā.