Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4
सूत उवाच । प्रश्नभारो महानेष यो भवद्भिरुदाहृतः । कीर्तयिष्ये तथाप्येनं नमस्कृत्य स्वयंभुवे
sūta uvāca | praśnabhāro mahāneṣa yo bhavadbhirudāhṛtaḥ | kīrtayiṣye tathāpyenaṃ namaskṛtya svayaṃbhuve
سوت نے کہا: تم لوگوں نے جو سوال اٹھایا ہے وہ واقعی نہایت بھاری اور عظیم ہے۔ پھر بھی، میں سویمبھُو (خود پیدا ہونے والے پروردگار) کو نمسکار کر کے اسے بیان کروں گا۔
Sūta
Tirtha: Svayambhū (as svayambhū-liṅga principle)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: Sūta bows with folded hands toward an unseen Svayambhū presence; a faint liṅga silhouette or radiant pillar of light behind him; sages watch respectfully as the narration begins.
FAQs
Sacred instruction should begin with humility and invocation, acknowledging the divine source of knowledge.
No tīrtha is named; it is the formal beginning of the explanatory narration.
Namaskāra (salutation) before discourse is implied as a pious protocol.