Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1
सूत उवाच । एतद्वः सर्वमाख्यातं यत्पृष्टोस्मि द्विजोत्तमाः । यथा स निहतो देव्या महिषाख्यो दनूत्तमः
sūta uvāca | etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ yatpṛṣṭosmi dvijottamāḥ | yathā sa nihato devyā mahiṣākhyo danūttamaḥ
سوت نے کہا: اے برگزیدہ دِویجوں! جو کچھ تم نے پوچھا تھا وہ سب میں نے بیان کر دیا—کہ دانَووں میں سرِفہرست، مہیشا نامی، دیوی کے ہاتھوں کیسے مارا گیا۔
Sūta
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvijottamāḥ / Ṛṣis
Scene: Sūta seated on a vyāsāsana before a circle of sages; he gestures as if concluding one account; behind him, a faint vision of Devī’s victory over Mahiṣa as a remembered tableau.
FAQs
Sacred narration (kathā) preserves dharma by remembering how divine power removes oppressive forces and restores order.
This verse serves as a transition; the following verses introduce a new tīrtha-related account (Kedāra-saṃbhava).
None; it is a narrative recap and transition to the next account.