Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 8
गीयमाने कुलपतेः शौनकस्य मुनेः पुरः । सूतेन मुनिना ख्यातमन्येषामपि शृण्वताम्
gīyamāne kulapateḥ śaunakasya muneḥ puraḥ | sūtena muninā khyātamanyeṣāmapi śṛṇvatām
جب شونک مُنی—مُنیوں کے کُلپتی—کے حضور اس کا گیت پڑھا جا رہا تھا، تو مُنی سوت نے اسے بیان کیا، اور دوسرے لوگ بھی سنتے رہے۔
Sūta (self-referential narration; performance context)
Tirtha: Naimiṣāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and other sages
Scene: Sūta sits as reciter with palm-leaf manuscript or gesture of narration; Śaunaka presides; rows of sages listen in silence under forest canopy, indicating a living oral tradition.
FAQs
Sacred knowledge is preserved and empowered through communal listening and faithful recitation.
Naimiṣāraṇya is implied through Śaunaka’s assembly context, framing the narration of Dharmāraṇya’s tīrtha-māhātmya.
Śravaṇa (listening) and gāyana/paṭhana (recitation) are implied as meritorious practices.