Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 7
अत्राश्चर्यकथा या च फाल्गुनस्य पुरेरिता । नारदेन मुनिश्रेष्ठास्तां वो वक्ष्यामि विस्तरात्
atrāścaryakathā yā ca phālgunasya pureritā | nāradena muniśreṣṭhāstāṃ vo vakṣyāmi vistarāt
اے بہترین رشیو! فالغُن کی وہ عجیب و غریب کتھا جو پہلے نارَد نے سنائی تھی، میں اب تمہیں تفصیل سے بیان کروں گا۔
Ugraśravā (Sūta)
Listener: Muni-śreṣṭhas (assembly of sages)
Scene: A forest hermitage assembly: best sages seated in a semicircle, the narrator poised to speak; Nārada appears in a vignette as the earlier storyteller; the atmosphere anticipates a marvel-filled pilgrimage tale.
FAQs
Purāṇic māhātmya is preserved through inspired narration: a sacred story transmitted by Nārada is unfolded for seekers.
The verse introduces a narrative segment (about Phālguna) that supports the ongoing tīrtha-māhātmya; the site details come in subsequent verses.
None directly; it is a transition into vistarāt-kathana (detailed telling), supporting śravaṇa as practice.