Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 126
ऋषय ऊचुः । पार्वत्याधिकृतं सर्वं मदनानयनं प्रति । संबरेण हृतातन्वी मदनस्य प्रिया सती । अत ऊर्ध्वं तदा सूत किं जातं तत्र वर्ण्यताम्
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | pārvatyādhikṛtaṃ sarvaṃ madanānayanaṃ prati | saṃbareṇa hṛtātanvī madanasya priyā satī | ata ūrdhvaṃ tadā sūta kiṃ jātaṃ tatra varṇyatām
رشیوں نے کہا: “مدن کو بلانے کے لیے پاروتی نے جو کچھ کیا، سب بیان ہو چکا۔ مدن کی نازک اندام، پاکیزہ محبوبہ ستی کو شمبر نے اغوا کر لیا۔ پھر آگے کیا ہوا، اے سوت؟ مہربانی فرما کر بیان کیجیے۔”
Ṛṣis (Sages)
Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūta
Scene: A forest-āśrama assembly: sages seated in a semicircle, addressing Sūta with raised hands in respectful inquiry; the topic is Pārvatī’s efforts, Madana’s beloved abducted by Śaṃbara, and the suspense of what follows.
FAQs
Sacred narration proceeds through inquiry and attentive listening; dharma is preserved by asking and transmitting what follows in the divine story.
The Kedāra sacred region frames the discourse (Kedārakhaṇḍa), though the verse is primarily a narrative prompt.
None; it is a question requesting continuation of the account.